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The Peace Dam (Korean: 평화의 댐) is a South Korean dam on the Bukhan River. It was built to stave off possible catastrophic flooding should the upstream Imnam Dam in North Korea collapse, either intentionally or by accident. The dam was completed in 2005. [1] As it stands, the dam has no reservoir, and is merely preventive. [2]
In September 2005, without warning, North Korea released a massive amount of water from a dam, causing large floods in South Korea. [1] [2] To protect itself against the perceived threat, South Korea built the Peace Dam across the border, 22 miles to the south. Since Imnam Dam was built, water inflow to the Han River has decreased by 12 percent.
Peace Dam; Peace Dam is correspondence dam completed on October 19, 2005, under construction Geumgangsandaem by North Korea. [11] Total storage capacity, one hundred million tons 26.3, length 601 m, height 125 m is a large dam. There are the Bimokpark and Mulmunhall on the left the entrance.
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