Shimohara Dam
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Official name | 下原ダム |
Location | Gero, Gufu, Japan. |
Coordinates | 35°42′25″N 137°10′57″E / 35.70694°N 137.18250°E |
Construction began | 1933 |
Opening date | 1938 |
Dam and spillways | |
Impounds | Hida River |
Height | 23 meters |
Length | 102.5 meters |
Reservoir | |
Total capacity | 2,936,000 m3 |
Catchment area | 1,147.0 km2 |
Surface area | 35 hectares |
Power Station | |
Installed capacity | 22.0 MW |
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Shimohara Dam (下原ダム, Shimohara damu) is a dam in the city of Gero, Gifu Prefecture, Japan on the middle reaches of the Hida River, which is part of the Kiso River system. The dam is a concrete gravity dam with a height of 23.0 meters. It was completed in 1938 by the Toho Electric Power Company as part of the pre-war Hida River Development Project and was taken over by the Chubu Electric Power Company from 1951. The dam was constructed exclusively for hydroelectric power generation and generates a maximum of 22,000 kilowatts at the Shimohara Power Station downstream of the dam. The dam is located with the borders of the Hida-Kisogawa Quasi-National Park.
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