Doyo Dam

Doyo Dam
Location of Doyo Dam in Japan
Country Japan
Location Shinjō
Coordinates 35°13′53″N 133°32′42″E / 35.23139°N 133.54500°E / 35.23139; 133.54500Coordinates: 35°13′53″N 133°32′42″E / 35.23139°N 133.54500°E / 35.23139; 133.54500
Construction began 1978
Opening date 1986
Owner(s) Chugoku Electric Power Company
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Embankment, rock-fill
Height 86.7 m (284 ft)
Length 480 m (1,575 ft)
Dam volume 2,650,000 m3 (3,466,069 cu yd)
Reservoir
Total capacity 7,680,000 m3 (6,226 acre·ft)
Active capacity 6,700,000 m3 (5,432 acre·ft)
Catchment area 1.8 km2 (445 acres)
Surface area 30 ha (74 acres)

Doyo Dam (Japanese: 土用ダム) is a rock-fill embankment dam located 6 km (4 mi) north of Shinjō in the Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It creates the upper reservoir for the 1,500 MW Matanoagawa Pumped Storage Power Station while the Matanoagawa Dam creates the lower.[1]

References

  1. "Doyo Dam" (in Japanese). Dam Net. Retrieved 26 January 2012.


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