Nishiyama Dam (Kochi, Japan)

Nishiyama Dam (西山ダム) is an earthfill dam located in Kochi Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for irrigation. The catchment area of the dam is 0.2 km2. The dam impounds about 1 ha of land when full and can store 56 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1982 and completed in 1997.