International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage Commission Interationale des Irrigation et du Drainage



World Heritage Irrigation Structures

Doen Irrigation System

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Located on the Iwakigawa Basin, traversing through two cities and three towns in Aomori Prefecture, Japan is included in the Register as an example of innovative use of materials and designs of a system of headworks to ensure efficient irrigation water supply in various reaches from upstream to downstream with different design and material for each headworks more than 350 years ago.

HIGHLIGHTS

Country: Japan

Province: Aomori Prefecture

Latitude : 40.808250 Longitude : 140.383444

Built: 1644

River: The Iwaki River system

Irrigated Area: 8,300 hectares

RECOGNIZED AT:

68th IEC Meeting, Mexico City, Mexico, 2017

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