Miboro Dam

Miboro Dam
Location Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
Purpose Power
Status Operational
Construction began 1957
Opening date 1961
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Embankment, rock-fill
Impounds Shō River
Height 131 m (430 ft)
Length 405 m (1,329 ft)
Elevation at crest 766 m (2,513 ft)
Width (crest) 12 m (39 ft)
Width (base) 560 m (1,840 ft)
Dam volume 7,950,000 m3 (10,400,000 cu yd)
Spillways 3
Spillway type 1 x roller gate, 1 x drum gate, lower discharge tunnel
Reservoir
Total capacity 370,000,000 m3 (300,000 acre·ft)
Active capacity 330,000,000 m3 (270,000 acre·ft)
Catchment area 442.8 km2 (171.0 sq mi)
Surface area 8.8 km2 (3.4 sq mi)
Normal elevation 760 m (2,490 ft)
Power Station
Operator(s) Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
Commission date January/May 1961
Hydraulic head 192.1 m (630 ft)
Turbines 2 x 128 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity 256 MW

Miboro Dam (御母衣ダム, Miboro damu) is a dam on the Shō River in Takayama, in the Gifu Prefecture of Japan. It supports a 256 MW hydroelectric power station. Of the nine dams on the Shō River, it is the furthest upstream.[1][2]

The dam flooded several villages and shrines, submerging them completely, two cherry trees were taken from one of the submerged shrines and placed in Shirakawa-go where it is said that each petal represents a memory from someone who lived in the villages before they were flooded.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Hydropower & Dams in South and East Asia" (PDF). Hydropower and Dams. p. 9. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "Kansai Electric Power Miboro power plant" (in Japanese). Suiryoku. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Miboro Dam Japan Tourist Information". Retrieved 24 Aug 2014.

Coordinates: 36°08′17.7″N 136°54′38.9″E / 36.138250°N 136.910806°E / 36.138250; 136.910806

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