page_title: List of dams and reservoirs in Japan
section_title: Niigata Prefecture
hierarchical_section_title: List of dams and reservoirs in Japan / Dams by prefecture / Niigata Prefecture
caption_attribution_description: English: Agekawa Dam. 日本語: 揚川ダム。
context_page_description: Below is a list of dams and reservoirs in Japan. As a nation of islands and narrow, steep valleys, dams play a vital role in Japanese society as they are constructed primarily to control floods, supply water and generate hydroelectric power. The tallest dam in Japan is the 186 m high Kurobe Dam. The largest dam by structural volume in the country is the Tokuyama Dam with 13,700,000 m³ of rock-fill. Tokuyama also creates Japan's largest reservoir with a water volume of 660,000,000 m³. Some of the dams are listed below by prefecture.
context_section_description: Aburumagawa Dam
  Agekawa Dam
  Asagawara Dam
  Futai Dam
  Iwafune Dam
  Kajigawa Dam
  Kakizakigawa Dam
  Kanose Dam
  Kasabori Dam
  Ketto Dam
  Kassa Dam
  Kassagawa Dam
  Konoyama Dam
  Kuromata Dam
  Kuromatagawa Dam
  Miomote Dam
  Miyanaka Dam
  Oishi Dam
  Okumiomote Dam
  Okutadami Dam
  Otani Dam
  Sagurigawa Dam
  Saruta Dam
  Sasagamine Dam
  Shozenji Dam
  Tainai Dam
  Tainaigawa Dam
  Takanosu Dam
  Toyomi Dam
  Uchinokura Dam
  Yamamoto Dam
caption: Agekawa Dam
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