Kakkaku dam is a gravity dam located in Saitama prefecture in Japan. The dam was constructed to control flood and to supply drinking water. The catchment area of the dam is 32.1 km². The dam impounds about 56 ha of land when full and can store 10.25 million cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1970 and completed in 2001.[1]

Kakkaku Dam
Location	Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Construction began	1970
Opening date	2001
Reservoir
Total capacity	10.25 million m³
Catchment area	32.1 km²
Surface area	56 hectares

The dam is located in the Yoshida River which is a tributary of Arakawa River. Before the construction of the dam, the excavation revealed that the location was covered by ocean based on the fossils found.[2]

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