Katsurazawa Dam

This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Japanese. (December 2008) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Japanese article. Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Japanese Wikipedia article at [[:ja:桂沢ダム]]; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template {{Translated|ja|桂沢ダム}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Katsurazawa Dam
Location	Hokkaidō, Japan.
Coordinates	43°14′23″N 142°00′09″E / 43.23972°N 142.00250°E / 43.23972; 142.00250Coordinates: 43°14′23″N 142°00′09″E / 43.23972°N 142.00250°E / 43.23972; 142.00250
Construction began	1947
Opening date	1957
Dam and spillways
Impounds
Height	63.6 m
Length	334.3 m
Reservoir
Total capacity	92,700,000 m³
Catchment area	446.2 km²
Surface area	499 hectares

The Katsurazawa Dam is a dam in Hokkaidō, Japan. It was Hokkaido's first multipurpose dam and the post-war Ishikari River watershed development plan's starting point. The dam is a 63.6m in height Concrete Gravity dam, immediately downstream from the Shinkatsurazawa Dam. The artificial lake resulting from the construction of the Katsurazawa Dam is known as the Katsurazawa Lake.

Overview[]

The construction of the dam would lead to the relocation of 172 households.^[1] The dam's goals were to supply water for irrigation to Bibai Fields, Bibai City, Mikasa City, and also to produce up to 15,000 kW of Hydro Electric Power.^[2]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Katsurazawa Dam.

References[]

This article about a dam or floodgate in Japan is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t

This Hokkaidō location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t