Kurobe Dam

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Kurobe Dam is a major hydroelectric dam in Japan’s Northern Alps, renowned for its impressive scale, scenic mountain setting, and status as a key sightseeing highlight along the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kurobe Dam canonical 6
Kurobe No. 4 Dam 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arch dam ⓘ
concrete dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
accessVia Kurobe Cable Car ⓘ
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route buses ⓘ
casualtiesDuringConstruction over 100 workers ⓘ
climate heavy snowfall area ⓘ
completionDate 1963 ⓘ
constructionDifficulty very high ⓘ
constructionMethod concrete arch design ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1956 ⓘ
constructionWorkers thousands ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
crestElevation 1,454 m above sea level ⓘ
crosses Kurobe River ⓘ
designedBy Kansai Electric Power Company engineers ⓘ
floodControlFunction limited ⓘ
hasBoatCruise yes ⓘ
hasBusAccess yes ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
hasTunnel Kanden Tunnel ⓘ
hasViewingDeck yes ⓘ
height 186 m ⓘ
installedCapacity about 335 MW ⓘ
length 492 m ⓘ
locatedIn Chūbu region ⓘ
Hida Mountains ⓘ
Japanese Northern Alps ⓘ
linked to: Japanese Alps

Kurobe Gorge ⓘ
Toyama Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Chūbu-Sangaku National Park ⓘ
material concrete ⓘ
nearestCity Tateyama, Toyama ⓘ
linked to: Tateyama
notableFor large-scale hydroelectric development in postwar Japan ⓘ
massive water discharge in summer ⓘ
scenic mountain setting ⓘ
openingDate 1963 ⓘ
operator Kansai Electric Power Company ⓘ
ownedBy Kansai Electric Power Company ⓘ
partOf Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route ⓘ
primaryPurpose power generation ⓘ
publicOpeningSeason typically late April to November ⓘ
regionServed Kansai region ⓘ
reservoirCapacityTotal about 200,000,000 m³ ⓘ
reservoirName Lake Kurobe ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea about 3.5 km² ⓘ
touristAttraction true ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Toyama Prefecture → hasDam → Kurobe Dam ⓘ
Mount Tate → hasNearbyDam → Kurobe Dam ⓘ
Kurobe Gorge → near → Kurobe Dam ⓘ
Kurobe River → hasHydroelectricPlant → Kurobe No. 4 Dam ⓘ
linked to: Kurobe Dam