Uiam Dam is a dam in Uiam-ri, Shindong-myeon,

Chuncheon Chuncheon (; ; literally ''spring river''), formerly romanized as Ch'unch'ŏn, is the capital of Gangwon Province, South Korea. The city lies in the north of the country, located in a basin formed by the Soyang River and Han River (Korea), Han R ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

. It dams the

Bukhan River The Bukhan () is a tributary of the Han River that flows through both North and South Korea. It traverses Kangwon Province, North Korea and the Gangwon and Gyeonggi Provinces in South Korea. The Bukhan's headwaters lie in North Korea near Geu ...

. Built in 1967, it is operated by

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP; ) is a subsidiary of the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). It operates large nuclear and hydroelectric plants in South Korea, which are responsible for about 31.56 percent of the country's electric power ...

. It is cited as "one of North Han's major hydroelectric projects". The dam's reservoir formed three small islands when constructed.

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{{coord, 37.8358073, N, 127.6761018, E, display=title, region:KR_type:landmark_source:GNS-enwiki Dams in South Korea Dams completed in 1967