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Bisei Dam

Coordinates: 42°48′24″N 142°51′07″E / 42.80667°N 142.85194°E / 42.80667; 142.85194
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Bisei Dam
Bisei Dam is located in Japan
Bisei Dam
Location of Bisei Dam in Japan
LocationHokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates42°48′24″N 142°51′07″E / 42.80667°N 142.85194°E / 42.80667; 142.85194
Construction began1975
Opening date1999
Dam and spillways
Height47.2m
Length350m
Reservoir
Total capacity9400 thousand cubic meters
Catchment area83 sq. km
Surface area66 hectares

Bisei Dam (Japanese: 美生ダム) is a gravity concrete & fill dam (compound) dam located in Hokkaido Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for irrigation. The catchment area of the dam is 83 km2. The dam impounds about 66 ha of land when full and can store 9400 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1975 and completed in 1999.[1]

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  1. ^ "Bisei Dam - Dams in Japan". Retrieved 2022-02-22.