is a
gravity dam on the
Tone River
The is a river in the Kantō region of Japan. It is in length (the second longest in Japan after the Shinano) and has a drainage area of (the largest in Japan). It is nicknamed Bandō Tarō (); ''Bandō'' is an obsolete alias of the Kantō ...
in
Gunma Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,362 Square kilometre, km2 (2,456 Square mile, sq mi). Gunma P ...
of
Japan. It is located north of
Minakami. It was constructed between 1951 and 1957. The dam itself supports a single
Francis turbine hydroelectric generator with a 23 MW capacity which was commissioned in 1957. The reservoir created by the dam serves as the lower reservoir for the 1,200
Tamahara Pumped Storage Power Station
Tanbara Dam (玉原ダム, which can be mistakenly read Tamahara Dam) is a rock-fill embankment dam impounding the headwaters of the Hotchi River, a Tone River tributary in Gunma Prefecture of Japan. It is located north of Numata. It creates th ...
which was commissioned in 1986. The dam is high and withholds a reservoir with a storage capacity.
See also
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List of power stations in Japan
This page is a list of power stations in Japan that are publicly or privately owned.
List
Former power station
* Senju Thermal Power Station
See also
*Electricity sector in Japan
*Energy in Japan
*List of largest power stations ...
*
List of pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations
The following page lists all pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations that are larger than in installed generating capacity, which are currently operational or under construction. Those power stations that are smaller than , and those that ar ...
References
{{Dams in Gunma Prefecture
Dams in Gunma Prefecture
Hydroelectric power stations in Japan
Gravity dams
Dams completed in 1957