Amagase Dam (Saga, Japan)

Amagase Dam is an earthen dam located in Saga Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for agriculture. The catchment area of the dam is 1.6 km2. The dam impounds about 6 ha of land when full and can store 532 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1972 and completed in 1982.[1][2]

Amagase Dam
Amagase Dam (Saga, Japan) is located in Japan
Amagase Dam (Saga, Japan)
Location of Amagase Dam in Japan
LocationSaga Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates33°14′58″N 130°6′26″E / 33.24944°N 130.10722°E / 33.24944; 130.10722
Construction began1972
Opening date1982
Dam and spillways
Height39.4m
Length270m
Reservoir
Total capacity532 thousand cubic meters
Catchment area1.6 sq. km
Surface area6 hectares

References

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  1. ^ "Amagase Dam - Dams in Japan". Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  2. ^ Kawakatsu, Masaharu; Sluys, Ronald; Timoshkin, Oleg A; Naumova, Tatyana V; Nishino, Machiko; Takai, Masayuki (2001). "Redescription of Japanese Bdellocephala annandalei from Lake Biwa-ko with comparative redescription of the Far Eastern and Kamchatkan Bdellocephala species (Tricladida, Paludicola)". Belgian Journal of Zoology. 131: 205–211. ISSN 2295-0451.