Dams In Korea
Dams In Korea
Distribution of major dam
large dam & reservoir : 1,271 place
Dam by height & capacity
Number of dam by capacity
5x10㎥ below : 629 (48.5%)
5x10㎥ ~ 1x10㎥ : 255(19.7%)
1x10㎥ ~ 5x10㎥ : 302(23.3%)
5x10㎥ ~ 5x10㎥ : 76(5.9%)
classification by height
100m ~ 149m : 2(0.2%)
15m ~ 29m : (80.3%)
30m ~ 59m : 196(15.1%)
60m ~ 99m : 21(1.6%)
14m below : 37(2.8%)
owners of dams
korea rural community corporation(KRC) : 881(67.9%)
local government : 368(28.4%)
korea water resources corporation(K-water):33(2.5%)
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.(KHNP) : 16(1.2%)
Status of dams by types
type of dam materials
earthfill dam(te) : 1215(93.6%)
rockfill dam (er) : 16(3.5%)
gravity dam(pg) : 21(1.6%)
classification by height
nackdong river basin : 25.5%
geum river basin : 11.4%
han river basin : 10.5%
seomjin river basin : 8.5%
youngsan river basin : 6.0%
| TE | Earth / Terre |
|---|---|
| ER | Rockfill / Enrocheement |
| PG | Gravity / Poids |
| CB | Buttress / Contreforts |
| BM | Barrage / Barrage Mobile |
| VA | Arch / Voute |
| MV | Multiple arch / Voutes multiples |
| XX | Orthers / Autres |
table 1. codes types for dam types
purpose of dam
classification by purpose
- irrigation dam : 1,077
- water supply dam : 89
- hydro power dam : 31
- flood control dam : 19
| purposes | navigation | receration | fish breeding | others |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| multiple | 11 | 11 | - | 2 |
| single | - | - | - | - |
| total. | 11 | 11 | - | 2 |
| purposes | navigation | receration | fish breeding | others |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| multiple | 17 | 51 | 19 | 2 |
| single | 14 | 38 | - | - |
| total. | 31 | 89 | 19 | 2 |
table 2. number of dams by purpose