Maekawa Dam
Maekawa Dam is a rockfill dam located in Yamagata Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for flood control. The catchment area of the dam is 21.2 km2. The dam impounds about 35 ha of land when full and can store 4400 thousand cubic meters of water.Photo: 河川一等兵, Public domain.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Japan
- Also known as: “Maekawa Chisui Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Uzen-Nakayama Station.
Uzen-Nakayama Station
Railway station
Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Uzen-Nakayama Station is a railway station in the city of Kaminoyama, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company. Uzen-Nakayama Station is situated 1¼ km west of Maekawa Dam.
Maekawa Dam
- Location: Kaminoyama-shi, Yamagata, Tohoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Maekawa Dam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Maekawa Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Maekawachisui-damu”
- Chinese: “前川壩”
- Japanese: “まえかわちすいだむ”
- Japanese: “前川ダム”
- Japanese: “前川治水ダム”
- Uzbek: “Maekawa toʻgʻoni”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nakayama and Kaminoyama.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Kaminoyama-shiyakusho and Miya-gawa.
Yamagata: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Yamagata, Sakata, Tsuruoka, and Yonezawa.
Curious Dams to Discover
Uncover intriguing dams from every corner of the globe.