Nokanan Dam

Nokanan Dam
Nokanan Dam Location within Japan
Location	Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates	43°26′35″N 142°13′53″E
Construction began	1969
Opening date	1978
Dam and spillways
Height	41.5 m (136 ft)
Length	312.5 m (1,025 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity	4,640,000 m3 (164,000,000 cu ft)
Catchment area	30 km2 (12 sq mi)
Surface area	37 hectares (91 acres)

Nokanan Dam (Japanese: 野花南ダム) is an earthfill dam located in Hokkaido Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for irrigation. The catchment area of the dam is 30 km². The dam impounds about 37 ha of land when full and can store 4640 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1969 and completed in 1978.