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Dam table [B]


Name of dam Prefecture Dam type Purpose Height FY Completed
Banba Choseichi Aichi
FA
AWI
28.6
1993
Bandotame Mie
E
A
29.5
1963
Banzai Tameike Saga
E
A
17.5
1973
Benjo Dam Fukuoka
E
A
23.1
1966
Benoki Dam Okinawa
GF
FNWI
42.0
1987
Benten-ike Nagano
E
A
19.0
1954
Besshi Dam Ehime
G
IP
71.0
1965
Bessho Dam Nagasaki
E
AW
19.3
1968
Bessho Tameike Akita
E
A
19.0
1957
Bessho-kami-ike Ehime
E
A
15.0
1937
Bibai Dam Hokkaido
G
FNWI
35.5
1982
Bicchuji-ike Kagawa
E
A
21.6
1961
Biraotori Dam Hokkaido
G
FNW
55.0
2022
Birusawa Tameike Yamagata
E
A
23.5
1994
Bisei Dam Hokkaido
GF
A
47.2
1999
Bishade Dam Shimane
E
A
15.9
1949
Biwako Kaihatsu Shiga

FWI

1991
Biwanoki-ike Yamaguchi
E
A
17.1
1962
Bodai Dam Chiba
G
AW
41.0
1998
Boma Dam Kagoshima
E
A
17.0
1963
Bonjigawa Dam Yamagata
G
P
40.9
1933
Bozo-ike Ehime
E
A
15.5
1940
Bunyudo-ike Okayama
E
A
15.0
1919
Busyu-ko Fukui
E
P
20.3
1920
Butoku Dam Hokkaido
E
A
21.5
1929

Notes:
1. Dam purposes are abbreviated as follows:
A: Agricultural irrigation   F: Flood control   I: Water supply for industry   N: Non-specified, river flow maintenance
P: Hydropower   R: Recreation   S: Snow melting &removing   W: Water supply

2. Dam types are abbreviated as follows:
A: Arch   B: Buttress   CSG: Trapezoidal CSG   E: Earthfill   FA: Asphalt face fill   FC: Asphalt core fill   G: Gravity
GF: Gravity concrete & fill dam (compound)   HG: Hollow gravity   MA: Multi-arch   R: Rockfill

3. The fiscal year (FY) in Japan is from April 1 to March 31 of the following year.

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