Yagisawa Dam

Japanese: 矢木沢ダム - やぎさわだむ
Yagisawa Dam

This dam is located in the innermost part of the Tone River in Tone District, Gunma Prefecture, north of the confluence with the Yagisawa River. It is about 32 km from Minakami Station on the JR Joetsu Line, and 856 m above sea level. The surrounding area is a primeval beech forest. As part of the Tone River Comprehensive Development Project, the Water Resources Development Public Corporation (now the Water Resources Agency) took 8 years and 4 months to complete the construction in 1967. It is a multipurpose dam for flood control, irrigation, power generation, and water supply. The dam is a concrete arch dam, 352 meters long and 131 meters high. It is one of the largest arch dams in Japan. This submerged the Tone River and its tributary, Narasawa Valley, in a V-shape, creating the huge Okutone Lake, with a circumference of 42.5 km, an area of ​​5.67 square km, and a storage capacity of 203 million cubic meters. The dam was built to irrigate the Gunma Canal at the foot of the Akagi and Haruna volcanoes, to generate electricity for the Yagisawa Power Station, which has a maximum output of 240,000 kilowatts, and to supply drinking water to the Tokyo Metropolitan area. The construction of this dam has completely changed the landscape of the upper reaches of the Tone River.

[Murakami Sadao]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

群馬県利根郡(とねぐん)にある、利根川本流のもっとも奥地のダムで、矢木沢川との合流点の北にある。JR上越線水上(みなかみ)駅から約32キロメートル、標高856メートル。付近はブナの原始林地帯である。利根川総合開発事業の一環として、水資源開発公団(現、水資源機構)が8年4か月の歳月をかけて1967年(昭和42)完成、洪水調節、灌漑(かんがい)、発電、上水供給を目的とする多目的ダムである。ダムの形式はコンクリートアーチ式で、規模は長さ352メートル、高さ131メートル。アーチ式では日本有数の規模。これによって利根川本流および支流奈良沢(ならさわ)の谷をV字型に水没して、周囲42.5キロメートル、面積5.67平方キロメートル、貯水量2億0300万立方メートルの巨大な奥利根湖ができた。灌漑では赤城(あかぎ)・榛名(はるな)両火山裾野(すその)の群馬用水、発電では東京電力が建設した最大出力24万キロワットの矢木沢発電所、上水供給ではおもに東京都へ送水する。このダムの建設で利根川最上流地域の様相が一変した。

[村木定雄]

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