Peace Dam

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The Peace Dam is a South Korean dam intended to stave off possible catastrophic flooding should upstream North Korean dams collapse, either accidentally or as an attack. North Korea has released massive quantities of water without warning in the recent past to cause South Korean flooding.

The dam is the result of 18 years of on and off again construction. Construction resumed after satellite photographs in 2002 found that the Imnam dam was eroding, triggering fears that it would rupture in case of heavy rains.

It is 601 meters wide and 125 meters tall capable of holding 2.61 billion tons of water.

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