Glen Canyon Dam
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Glen Canyon Dam is a massive concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona that created Lake Powell and plays a major role in water storage and hydroelectric power generation in the American Southwest.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glen Canyon Dam canonical | 18 |
| Carl Hayden Dam | 1 |
| Glen Canyon Dam (as Upper Basin storage facility) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1258903 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Glen Canyon Dam Context triple: [Bureau of Reclamation, notableProject, Glen Canyon Dam]
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A.
Davis Dam
Davis Dam is a concrete gravity-arch dam on the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona that forms Lake Mohave and helps regulate water releases from Hoover Dam.
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B.
Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam is a massive concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River, renowned as a landmark feat of 20th-century American engineering and a major source of hydroelectric power and water management in the Southwest.
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C.
Bonneville Dam
Bonneville Dam is a major hydroelectric and navigation dam on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest, known for power generation, fish ladders, and its role in regional river management.
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D.
Red Rock Dam
Red Rock Dam is a large flood-control and hydroelectric dam on the Des Moines River in central Iowa, forming Lake Red Rock as the state’s largest reservoir.
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E.
Grand Coulee Dam
Grand Coulee Dam is a massive concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in Washington State, renowned as one of the largest power-producing facilities in the United States and a landmark of New Deal–era infrastructure.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Glen Canyon Dam Target entity description: Glen Canyon Dam is a massive concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona that created Lake Powell and plays a major role in water storage and hydroelectric power generation in the American Southwest.
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A.
Davis Dam
Davis Dam is a concrete gravity-arch dam on the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona that forms Lake Mohave and helps regulate water releases from Hoover Dam.
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B.
Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam is a massive concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River, renowned as a landmark feat of 20th-century American engineering and a major source of hydroelectric power and water management in the Southwest.
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C.
Bonneville Dam
Bonneville Dam is a major hydroelectric and navigation dam on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest, known for power generation, fish ladders, and its role in regional river management.
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D.
Red Rock Dam
Red Rock Dam is a large flood-control and hydroelectric dam on the Des Moines River in central Iowa, forming Lake Red Rock as the state’s largest reservoir.
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E.
Grand Coulee Dam
Grand Coulee Dam is a massive concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in Washington State, renowned as one of the largest power-producing facilities in the United States and a landmark of New Deal–era infrastructure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arch-gravity dam
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concrete dam ⓘ hydroelectric power station ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lake Powell
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Page, Arizona ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| constructionEndDate | 1966-09-13 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1956-10-15 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| createdReservoir | Lake Powell ⓘ |
| crosses | Colorado River ⓘ |
| damVolume |
3,700,000 m³
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4,900,000 yd³ ⓘ |
| energySource | hydropower ⓘ |
| height |
216 m
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710 ft ⓘ |
| impact |
inundated most of Glen Canyon
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significantly altered Colorado River flow regime ⓘ |
| length |
1,560 ft
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475 m ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arizona
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Glen Canyon ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | northern Arizona ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Colorado River ⓘ |
| managedBy |
U.S. Department of the Interior
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Department of the Interior
|
| mapFeature | major infrastructure of the American Southwest ⓘ |
| material | concrete ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Glen Canyon ⓘ |
| nearestCity | Page, Arizona ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1966-09-13 ⓘ |
| operator |
United States Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
linked to:
Bureau of Reclamation
|
| ownedBy |
United States Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
linked to:
Bureau of Reclamation
|
| partOf |
Colorado River Storage Project
ⓘ
linked to:
Colorado River Storage and Regulation System
|
| plantCapacity | 1,320 MW ⓘ |
| plantTurbines | 8 ⓘ |
| plantType | conventional hydroelectric ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood control
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hydroelectric power generation ⓘ recreation support ⓘ river regulation ⓘ water storage ⓘ |
| regionServed |
American Southwest
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linked to:
southwestern United States
|
| reservoirName | Lake Powell ⓘ |
| reservoirSurfaceArea |
252 sq mi
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653 km² ⓘ |
| reservoirTotalCapacity |
27,000,000 acre⋅ft
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33,320,000,000 m³ ⓘ |
| spillwayType | gated concrete tunnel spillways ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Glen Canyon Dam Description of subject: Glen Canyon Dam is a massive concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona that created Lake Powell and plays a major role in water storage and hydroelectric power generation in the American Southwest.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Glen Canyon Dam
subject linked to:
BOR
Upper Basin states of the Colorado River Compact
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includesMajorInfrastructure
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Glen Canyon Dam (as Upper Basin storage facility)
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linked to: Glen Canyon Dam