Iwaya Dam

Iwaya Dam
Official name 岩屋ダム
Location Gero, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
Coordinates 35°45′39.8″N 137°09′25.8″E / 35.761056°N 137.157167°E / 35.761056; 137.157167Coordinates: 35°45′39.8″N 137°09′25.8″E / 35.761056°N 137.157167°E / 35.761056; 137.157167
Construction began 1966
Opening date 1976
Dam and spillways
Impounds 　Maze River
Height 127.5 meters
Length 366.0 meters
Reservoir
Total capacity 173,500,000 m³
Catchment area 1,734.9 km²
Surface area 424 hectares
Power Station
Installed capacity 28.8 MW

The Iwaya Dam (Iwaya Damu) is a dam in the city of Gero,Gifu Prefecture, Japan on the Maze River, part of the Kiso River system. The dam is a rockfill dam with a height of 127 meters and was constructed as a multipurpose dam for flood control, supply of municipal and industrial water, irrigation water and hydroelectric power generation. The reservoir created by the dam supplies the Chubu Electric Power Company's Mazegawa No.1 Power plant with a capacity of 288 MW hydroelectric power station.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Hydropower & Dams in South and East Asia" (PDF). Hydropower and Dams. p. 9. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
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