San Roque Dam, Philippines
From series “The Most Impressive Dams on Earth”Year: 2003. Lenght: 1 200 m . Height: 200 m.
San Roque Dam in the Philippines is one of the biggest rock-filled dams in the world. It is placed on the Arno River. This dam is in a list of 20 largest dams of the planet. Its high is 200 meter and width – 1 200 meters. The dam composes a large artificial lake, which area is about 12 000 square meters.
Year by year the lake engorges with water during the rainy season. Then this water is used not only for electricity output but also for irrigation of the nearby fields. The dam was finished in 2003 and now its water is enough for all year-round irrigation of 700 square meters area.
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Fuel station: 'Caltex Porac' in 16 km
Supermarket: 'Jellen's Bake Shoppe (Main Branch - Tayug, Pangasinan)' in 14 km
Parking: 'Parking Area' in 19 km
Apotheek: 'St Joseph Drug' in 14 km
Police station: 'San Manuel Police Station' in 9 km
Cafe/restaurant: 'Descargar Restuarant' in 6.33 km
Railway station: 'PNR San Fabian Station' in 29 km
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