Kazeya Dam

Kazeya Dam is a concrete gravity dam located in Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for power production. The catchment area of the dam is 553 km². The dam impounds about 446 ha of land when full and can store 130000 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1954 and completed in 1960.^[1][2] It impounds the Kumano River.^[3]

Kazeya Dam
Location	Nara Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates	34°2′40″N 135°47′16″E
Construction began	1954
Opening date	1960
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Kumano River
Height	101m
Length	329.5m
Reservoir
Total capacity	130000 thousand cubic meters
Catchment area	553 sq. km
Surface area	446 hectares

References

1. "Kazeya Dam - Dams in Japan". Retrieved 2022-02-22.
2. YU, Wansik; NAKAKITA, Eiichi; YAMAGUCHI, Kosei (2013). "Assessment of High-resolution Ensemble NWP Rainfall for Flood Forecast of Relative Large River Basin in Japan". 京都大学防災研究所年報. B. 56 (B): 391–399. ISSN 0386-412X.
3. Kobayashi, Yuzo (2022). "Study on PMP estimation for the flood risk evaluation of hydropower dams in consideration of the future climate change" (PDF).