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黒部峡谷 十字峡 Kurobe Gorge Cross-Shaped Canyon IHL Cat. #2529a

十字峡 The Cross Shaped Glen at Kurobe Gorge

黒部湖堰堤 Kurobe Lake Dam IHL Cat. #2529b

黒四ダム堰堤 The Fourth Kurobe Dam (Kuroyon Dam)

黒部湖 Kurobe Lake IHL Cat. #2529c

黒部湖 The Lake Kurobe

黒部峡谷 S字峡 Kurobe Gorge S-Shaped Canyon IHL Cat. #2529d

S字峡 The "S" Shaped Glen at Kurobe

黒部峡谷 白竜峡 Kurobe Gorge Hakuryu Canyon IHL Cat. #2529e

白竜峡 The Hakuryu Glen at Kurobe

黒部峡谷 後曳橋 Kurobe Gorge, Atobiki Bridge IHL Cat. #2529f

後曳橋 The Atobiki Bridge at Kurobe

The deepest gorge in Japan, Kurobe Gorge, sits to the east of Mt. Tateyama. In the gorge area that extends 80 kilometers (50 miles), the peaks plunge into the bottom of the gorges some 1,500 to 2,000 meters (4,921 to 6,562 feet) below. At the south end of the gorge lies Kurobe Dam, the fifth largest arch-type dome dam in the world. Construction started in 1956 and, after seven years of difficult work and with the loss of 171 workers' lives, it was completed in 1963.