Tekeze Dam

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Tekeze Dam is a major arch dam in northern Ethiopia, built on the Tekeze River to generate hydroelectric power and regulate water flow.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tekeze Dam canonical 2
Tekeze Reservoir 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arch dam ⓘ
hydroelectric power station ⓘ
basinCountry Ethiopia ⓘ
commissioningDate 2009 ⓘ
constructionMaterial concrete ⓘ
constructionStartDate 2002 ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
designedFor peak power generation ⓘ
energySource hydropower ⓘ
gridConnection Ethiopian national grid ⓘ
hasFunction electricity production ⓘ
river flow regulation ⓘ
hasReservoirUse flow regulation ⓘ
power generation ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height about 188 m ⓘ
installedCapacity 300 MW ⓘ
isPartOf Ethiopia’s hydropower development program ⓘ
length about 365 m ⓘ
locatedIn northern Ethiopia ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ethiopia
locatedInCountry Ethiopia ⓘ
locatedInRegion Tigray Region ⓘ
linked to: Tigray region
locatedNear Sudan border ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Tekeze River ⓘ
namedAfter Tekeze River ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 4 ⓘ
openingDate 2009 ⓘ
operator Ethiopian Electric Power ⓘ
owner Ethiopian Electric Power ⓘ
partOf Ethiopian national power grid ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation support ⓘ
water flow regulation ⓘ
regionServed northern Ethiopia ⓘ
reservoirName Tekeze Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Tekeze Dam
riverCrossed Tekeze River ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
typeOfDam concrete arch dam ⓘ
watercourse Tekeze River ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Tekeze River → hasHydropowerDam → Tekeze Dam ⓘ
Tekeze Dam → reservoirName → Tekeze Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Tekeze Dam
Takkaze River → hasDam → Tekeze Dam ⓘ