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Yabakei Dam
Yabakei Dam () is a dam in the Ōita Prefecture, Japan. Overview The Yabakei Dam is a 62.0 meter high gravity-type concrete dam under the direct control of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism managed by the Kyushu Regional Development Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. It is the main dam in the Yamakuni River system, and is a specific multipurpose dam for the purpose of hydraulic control, water utilization and hydroelectric power generation from the Yamakuni River's tributary the Yamautsuri River. Together with the Heisei Ozeki Barrage, which is located downstream, it occupies an important position not only in Nakatsu City but also in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture and the Kyogetsu area. * Flood control capacity - 11.2 million m3 * Water utilization capacity - 9.8 million m3 ** Unspecified irrigation water - 5.5 million m3 ** Urban water and power generation (subordinate) - 4.3 million m3 At the survey stage, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōita Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Ōita Prefecture has a population of 1,081,646 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 6,340 km2 (2,448 sq mi). Ōita Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northwest, Kumamoto Prefecture to the southwest, and Miyazaki Prefecture to the south. Ōita is the capital and largest city of Ōita Prefecture, with other major cities including Beppu, Nakatsu, and Saiki. Ōita Prefecture is located in the northeast of Kyūshū on the Bungo Channel, connecting the Pacific Ocean and Seto Inland Sea, across from Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. Ōita Prefecture is famous for its hot springs and is a popular tourist destination in Japan for its ''onsen'' and '' ryokan'', particularly in and around the city of Beppu. It has more ''onsen'' than any other Japanese prefecture. History Around the 6th century, Kyushu consisted of four regions: Tsukushi Province, Hi Province, Kumaso Province and Toyo P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands—Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu—and List of islands of Japan, thousands of smaller islands, covering . Japan has a population of over 123 million as of 2025, making it the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh-most populous country. The capital of Japan and List of cities in Japan, its largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the List of largest cities, largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37 million inhabitants as of 2024. Japan is divided into 47 Prefectures of Japan, administrative prefectures and List of regions of Japan, eight traditional regions. About three-quarters of Geography of Japan, the countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Land, Infrastructure, Transport And Tourism
The , abbreviated MLIT, is a ministry of the Japanese government.国土交通省設置法 , Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. It is responsible for one-third of all the laws and orders in Japan and is the largest Japanese ministry in terms of employees, as well as the second-largest executive agency of the Japanese government after the Ministry of Defense. The ministry oversees four external agencies including the , the |
Structurae
Structurae is an online database containing pictures and information about structural engineering, structural and civil engineering works, and their associated engineers, architects, and builders. Overview Structurae was founded in 1998 by Nicolas Janberg, who had studied civil engineering at Princeton University. In March 2012, Structurae was acquired by , a subsidiary of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., with Janberg joining the company as Structurae's editor-in-chief. At that time, the website received more than one million Pageview, pageviews per month, and was available in English, French and German. In 2015, Janberg bought the site back to operate it as a freelancer again. References External links * 1998 establishments in Germany Architecture websites German websites Architecture databases Online databases Databases in Germany Internet properties established in 1998 {{Database-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamakuni River
The is a river that flows through the Ōita Prefecture in Japan. In its lower reaches it provides the boundary to the Fukuoka Prefecture to the west. The Yamakuni River arises on the slopes of the sacred Mount Hiko on the border of Oita and Fukuoka prefectures, flowing towards the sea through the Yabakei and Nakatsu, Ōita, Nakatsu plains, and empties into the Seto Inland Sea. Tributaries include the Yamaoi River, Atoda River and Yamautsuri River. It is known as the largest rapid river in Kyushu, and when torrential rain occurs in the upper reaches, a large amount of rain flows down in a short time, which has the characteristic of causing flooding. Structures The Yabakei Dam on a tributary, the Yamautsuri River, and Heisei Ozeki Dam, Heisei Ozeki Barrage, help control the river system. The Yabakei Bridge over it, is the longest stone bridge in Japan. Tourism It runs through the Yabakei Gorge (Shinyabakei Gorge) and is adjacent to Aonodōmon (Blue Tunnel) in the Yaba-Hita-Hikos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
