A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, aquaculture, and navigability. Hydropower is often used in conjunction with dams to generate electricity. A dam can also be used to collect or store water which can be evenly distributed between locations. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions.
Sagae is a city located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2020, the city had an estimated population of 40,131, and a population density of 289 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 139.03 square kilometres (54 sq mi).
Nishikawa is a town located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 February 2020, the town had an estimated population of 5,225 in 1851 households, and a population density of 145.1 persons per km². The total area of the town is 393.19 square kilometres (152 sq mi).
Ōe is a town located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 February 2020, the town had an estimated population of 7,894 in 2828 households, and a population density of 51 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 153.92 square kilometres (59 sq mi).
Nishimurayama District is a rural district located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. As of October 2013, the district has an estimated population of 41,272 and an area of 796.26 km2. The city of Sagae and a portion of the city of Shirataka were formerly part of Nishimurayama District.
Bandai-Asahi National Park is a national park in the Tōhoku region, Honshū, Japan. The park site straddles over Fukushima Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture, and Niigata Prefecture. The park was designated as a national park on September 5, 1950. The park encompasses 186,404 ha of land, consisting of three independent units: the Dewasanzan-asahi Region, Iide Region, and Bandaiazuma-Inawashiro Region.
The Aterazawa Line is a railway line in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company. It connects Kita-Yamagata Station in Yamagata with Aterazawa Station in Ōe. All trains run through to and from Yamagata Station.
Nishi-Sagae Station is a railway station located in the city of Sagae, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company.
Sagae Station is a railway station located in the city of Sagae, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company.
Minami-Sagae Station is a railway station located in the city of Sagae, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company.
Malampuzha Dam is the second largest dam and reservoirs in Kerala, located near Palakkad, in the state of Kerala in South India, built post independence by the then Madras state. Situated in the scenic hills of the Western Ghats in the background it is a combination of a masonry dam with a length of 1,849 metres and an earthen dam with a length of 220 metres making it the longest dam in the state. The dam is 355 feet high and crosses the Malampuzha River, a tributary of Bharathappuzha, Kerala's second longest river. There is a network of two canal systems that serve the dam's reservoir of 42,090 hectares.
National Route 112 is a national highway of Japan that traverses the prefecture of Yamagata in a southeast–northwest routing. It connects the prefecture's capital city, Yamagata in eastern Yamagata Prefecture to the city of Sakata on the prefecture's western coast. It has a total length of 139.2 kilometers (86.5 mi).
National Route 347 is a national highway of Japan connecting Sagae, Yamagata and Ōsaki, Miyagi in Japan, with a total length of 90.1 km (55.99 mi).
The Gōnokawa River is a river that runs through Hiroshima and Shimane prefectures in Japan. It is the largest river in the Chūgoku region. It is also called the Gōgawa River and, in Hiroshima, the Enokawa River.
Amekawa Dam is a check dam on Ame river in Saku, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The primary purpose is reducing water flow velocity to counteract erosion. It is also used for water supply.
The Shin-Takasegawa Pumped Storage Station (新高瀬川発電所) uses the Takase River to operate a pumped storage hydroelectric scheme about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west of Ōmachi in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Part of the system is within Chūbu-Sangaku National Park.
Hikaru Kosaka is a Japanese cyclo-cross and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Utsunomiya Blitzen. He represented his nation in the men's elite event at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder.
Gihachiro Okuyama was a 20th-century Japanese commercial artist and woodblock printmaker. He was a prolific artist of the shin-hanga and sōsaku-hanga styles. Okuyama is noted for his landscape prints, both in color and black-and-white, as well as his simple prints of scenes that interject elements of the modernization of Japan into an otherwise traditional view.
