Pong Dam

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Pong Dam is a large embankment dam in Himachal Pradesh, India, primarily built for irrigation, flood control, and hydroelectric power generation on the Beas River.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Pong Dam canonical 10
Pong Dam Lake 2
Pong Dam reservoir 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dam ⓘ
embankment dam ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Maharana Pratap Sagar ⓘ
Pong Dam Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Pong Dam
basinCountry India ⓘ
beneficiaryState Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
Rajasthan ⓘ
catchmentArea Beas River catchment in Himalayas ⓘ
constructionBegan 1961 ⓘ
constructionMaterial earth and rock-fill ⓘ
country India ⓘ
creates Pong Reservoir ⓘ
damHeight about 133 m ⓘ
damLength about 1951 m ⓘ
damType earth-fill embankment dam ⓘ
designedFor multi-purpose river valley project ⓘ
district Kangra district ⓘ
impact submergence of several villages ⓘ
installedCapacity about 396 MW ⓘ
locatedIn Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
Kangra district ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Beas River ⓘ
namedAfter Maharana Pratap (for the reservoir) ⓘ
nearbyTown Talwara ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 6 ⓘ
openingYear 1974 ⓘ
operator Bhakra Beas Management Board ⓘ
owner Government of India ⓘ
partOf Beas River development projects ⓘ
plantType hydroelectric power station ⓘ
primaryUse irrigation for Rajasthan and Punjab ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
RamsarSiteStatus Maharana Pratap Sagar designated as a Ramsar wetland site ⓘ
region northern India ⓘ
reservoirElevation about 435 m ⓘ
reservoirName Maharana Pratap Sagar ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea about 260 square kilometres ⓘ
reservoirTotalCapacity about 8570 million cubic metres ⓘ
riverBasin Beas River basin ⓘ
linked to: Beas River
secondaryUse flood moderation on Beas River ⓘ
spillwayType gated overflow spillway ⓘ
state Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
turbineCapacity 66 MW ⓘ
turbineType Francis-type turbine ⓘ
wildlifeSanctuaryStatus Maharana Pratap Sagar declared a wildlife sanctuary ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beas River → hasDam → Pong Dam ⓘ
Pong Dam → alsoKnownAs → Pong Dam Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Pong Dam
Kangra district → contains → Pong Dam Lake ⓘ
linked to: Pong Dam
Maharana Pratap Sagar → alsoKnownAs → Pong Dam Lake ⓘ
linked to: Pong Dam
Maharana Pratap Sagar → formedBy → Pong Dam ⓘ
Talwara → near → Pong Dam ⓘ
Pong Reservoir → formedBy → Pong Dam ⓘ
Pong Reservoir → hasDam → Pong Dam ⓘ
Guler → locatedNear → Pong Dam reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Pong Dam
Nagrota Surian → nearestDam → Pong Dam ⓘ
Jawali → hasNearbyWaterBody → Pong Dam reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Pong Dam
Beas Project → component → Pong Dam ⓘ
Indus Waters system in India → includesProject → Pong Dam Project ⓘ
linked to: Pong Dam