Sameura Dam (早明浦ダム, Sameura-damu?) is a dam on the Yoshino River in the island of Shikoku, Japan, completed in 1978. It is the largest dam on Shikoku. Sameura Dam created a reservoir behind the dam, named Lake Sameura (さめうら湖, Sameura-ko?).
The dam is used for hydropower, flood control, tap water, and irrigation. The hydropower plant can generate 42,000 kW.
Read more about Sameura Dam: 1994 October Grumman A-6 Intruder Training Aircraft Crash, Water Supply Crisis
Famous quotes containing the word dam:
“The devil take one party and his dam the other!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)