Ogōchi Dam

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Ogōchi Dam is a large concrete dam in Okutama, Tokyo, that forms Lake Okutama and serves as a major source of drinking water and flood control for the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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Ogouchi Dam 3
Ogōchi Dam canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete dam
gravity dam
constructionEndDate 1957
constructionStartDate 1938
country Japan
formsBodyOfWater Lake Okutama
hasAccessRoad Tokyo Metropolitan Route 411 (Ome Kaido)
hasClimateImpact local microclimate moderation around Lake Okutama
hasEmergencyRole flood peak reduction on Tama River
hasFunction drought mitigation for Tokyo
regulation of Tama River flow
hasJapaneseName 小河内ダム
hasNearbyFacility Ogōchi Dam management office
visitor observation deck
hasNearbyRailwayStation Okutama Station NERFINISHED
hasSpillwayType gated overflow spillway
hasTourism viewing of autumn foliage
hasUse flood control
hydroelectric power generation
industrial water supply
irrigation water supply
height approximately 149 meters
isAccessibleBy bus from Okutama Station
isImportantFor urban water security of Tokyo
isMajorWaterSourceFor Tama area
Tokyo 23 wards
Tokyo metropolitan area
isSubjectOf environmental and social impact studies
isUpstreamOf Hamura Diversion Weir
Tamagawa Josui (Tama Aqueduct)
linked to: Tamagawa Aqueduct
length approximately 353 meters
locatedIn Okutama, Tokyo
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Tokyo Metropolis
locatedInNationalPark Chichibu Tama Kai National Park
locatedInRiverBasin Tama River basin
namedAfter Ogōchi village
nearSettlement Okutama town
openingDate 1957
operator Tokyo Metropolitan Government
owner Tokyo Metropolitan Government
partOf Tokyo water supply system
linked to: Tokyo river system
primaryUse drinking water supply
region Kantō region
reservoirAlsoKnownAs Ogōchi Reservoir
reservoirName Lake Okutama
reservoirSurfaceArea approximately 4.25 square kilometers
reservoirTotalCapacity approximately 189,000,000 cubic meters
riverCrossed Tama River
submergedFormerSettlement Ogōchi village

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Okutama hasDam Ogōchi Dam
Okutama Lake area hasInfrastructure Ogouchi Dam
linked to: Ogōchi Dam
Lake Okutama formedByDam Ogouchi Dam
linked to: Ogōchi Dam
Lake Okutama reservoirFor Ogouchi Dam
linked to: Ogōchi Dam