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Matsuo Dam, the Glossary

Table of Contents

  1. 5 relations: Drainage basin, Gravity dam, Hectare, List of dams in Japan, Mie Prefecture.

  2. Dams in Mie Prefecture

Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean.

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Gravity dam

A gravity dam is a dam constructed from concrete or stone masonry and designed to hold back water by using only the weight of the material and its resistance against the foundation.

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Hectare

The hectare (SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), that is, 10,000 square meters (10,000 m2), and is primarily used in the measurement of land.

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List of dams 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.

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Mie Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu.

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See also

Dams in Mie Prefecture

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsuo_Dam