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    The Kurobe Dam (黒部ダム), or Kuroyon Dam (黒四ダム), is a 186 m (610 ft) high variable-radius arch dam located on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture, Japan...
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    scenic sites as well as walking trails, including Japan's largest dam, Kurobe Dam. Some stations have hotels around them and are used as bases for mountain...
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    Abutment (category Dams)
    abutments. Dam abutments are generally the sides of a valley or gorge, but may be artificial in order to support arch dams such as Kurobe Dam in Japan....
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  • Relic is unearthed during the construction of the Kurobe Dam. In the present day, the United Nations Kurobe Laboratory is researching it when Efi Dorg returns...
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    of Kurobe Dam, which is the tallest dam in Japan. Tateyama Kurobe Kankō Kanden Tunnel Trolleybus (Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route) "Milestones:Kurobe River...
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    Prefecture, Japan. The railway was built to serve the construction of the Kurobe dam for the Kansai Electric Power Company, which was completed in 1963; Kurotetsu...
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    copper etc.) manufacturing. Kurobe Dam generates electricity for the Kansai Electric Power Company. It is located on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture...
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    The tallest dam in Japan is the 186 m (610 ft) high Kurobe Dam. The largest dam by structural volume in the country is the Tokuyama Dam (pictured) with...
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  • Kerrada Dam Oued Kramis Dam Boukerdine Dam Bouroumi Dam Ladrat Dam Oued Isser's Dam Hamiz Dam Calueque Dam Cambambe Dam Capanda Dam Gove Dam Lauca Dam Lomaum...
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  • novel The Sun of Kurobe (黒部の太陽; Kurobe no Taiyō) that dramatizes the construction of the massive Kurobe Dam, the tallest dam in Japan. The film was Japan's...
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    Kanden Tunnel Electric Bus (category Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route)
    Basu) is a Japanese electric bus line between Ōgizawa Station, Ōmachi and Kurobe Dam Station, Tateyama. The line does not have any official name. The 6.1-km...
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    Kurobe Gorge (黒部峡谷, Kurobe-kyokoku) is a canyon near Kurobe, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. The Kurobe Dam in Kurobe Gorge is one of highlights of the Tateyama...
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    Kurobe Dam Unazuki Dam 黒部川 [Kurobe River] (in Japanese). Kadokawa. Archived from the original on 8 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024. The Kurobe River...
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    The Kurobe Senyō Railway (黒部専用鉄道, Kurobe Sen'yō Tetsudō, "Kurobe Industrial Railway") is a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow gauge industrial railway line in Toyama...
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    Kanden Tunnel Trolleybus lines, both run in tunnels serving the Kurobe Dam and Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, and were converted from normal diesel buses specifically...
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  • the Z Plan rocket and frees Gamera, who returns to Earth and attacks Kurobe Dam in Japan. Ichiro, a World War II veteran, sends Kawajiri, Onodera, and...
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  • management approach widely used by Japan is dams, such as the 186-meter high Kurobe Dam in Toyama Prefecture. These dams are huge, so it often takes years to...
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  • list of the tallest dams in the world over 135 m (443 ft) in height. The tallest dam in the world is the Jinping-I Dam, an arch dam in China at 305 m (1...
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    infrastructure such as Bunzō Yamaguchi's Number 2 Power Plant for the Kurobe Dam, (1938). A large number of buildings from the Meiji, Taishō and Shōwa...
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    station operated by Kurobe Gorge Railway in Kurobe, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Though the tracks continue southward to Kurobe Dam, access past Keyakidaira...
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    Mount Tate (category Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route)
    Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route Tateyama Sabō Erosion Control Works Service Train Tateyama, Toyama Tateyama Station (Toyama) Murodō Station Kurobe Dam Midagahara...
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    steepest V-shaped valleys in Japan. The Kurobe Dam, Japan's largest dam, is an arch dam located in the Kurobe Valley in the central area of the mountains...
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    the Sea of Japan (northward), Nagano City (eastward) and the Tateyama Kurobe Dam area (southward), Hakuba is also a popular summer vacation area which...
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    entirely in tunnel, through a mountain, and connected Ōgizawa Station with Kurobe Dam, for tourists and hikers. The transport service continues to operate,...
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    It is also the second tallest dam in Japan, after the Kurobe Dam. The Nanakura Dam, which is part of the Takase Dam system, holds 32.5×106 cubic metres...
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    portrayed by Japanese actors in dark makeup. The live-action Dam footage was filmed in Kurobe Dam. During a production meeting, Tsuburaya told the staff he...
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    Railway Kamidaki Line Iwakuraji Tateyama Cable Car Hokuriku Expressway Kurobe Dam Kurobe River Shōmyō Falls Tateyama town official statistics(in Japanese)...
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    Sites, Yayoi period settlement ruins and Kofun, National Historic Site Kurobe Dam Toyama Chindon Contest (Toyama Band of musical sandwichmen contest) –...
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  • filled by large and medium hydropower stations, typically sited at large dams. Cost per kilowatt-hour for power from smaller plants was high at ¥15-100...
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    loss was 8.7 billion yen. Osaka Science Museum Kanden Tunnel Trolleybus Kurobe Senyō Railway Chico Harlan (26 January 2012). "After earthquake, Japan can't...
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