Colorado River Aqueduct

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The Colorado River Aqueduct is a major water conveyance system that transports Colorado River water across the desert to supply Southern California’s cities and agricultural areas.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Colorado River Aqueduct canonical 10
Colorado River Aqueduct system 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aqueduct ⓘ
water conveyance system ⓘ
completedIn 1941 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1933 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crosses desert ⓘ
designedBy Metropolitan Water District of Southern California ⓘ
elevationGain approximately 490 meters ⓘ
more than 1600 feet ⓘ
endPoint Lake Mathews ⓘ
Riverside County, California ⓘ
linked to: Riverside County
hasPart canal ⓘ
pipeline ⓘ
pumping plant ⓘ
tunnel ⓘ
inception 1933 ⓘ
length approximately 242 miles ⓘ
approximately 389 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
Southern California ⓘ
Southwestern United States ⓘ
locatedInDesert Mojave Desert ⓘ
Sonoran Desert ⓘ
numberOfPumpingPlants 5 ⓘ
openingDate 1941 ⓘ
operator Metropolitan Water District of Southern California ⓘ
owner Metropolitan Water District of Southern California ⓘ
partOf Colorado River water distribution system ⓘ
passesThrough Imperial County, California ⓘ
linked to: Imperial County

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area ⓘ
Mojave Desert ⓘ
Riverside County, California ⓘ
linked to: Riverside County

San Bernardino County, California ⓘ
primaryPurpose municipal water supply ⓘ
regionServed Greater Los Angeles ⓘ
Inland Empire ⓘ
secondaryPurpose agricultural irrigation supply ⓘ
significantFor urban development of Southern California ⓘ
startPoint Colorado River ⓘ
Parker Dam ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
suppliesWaterTo Los Angeles County, California ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles County

Orange County, California ⓘ
San Diego County, California ⓘ
linked to: San Diego County

Southern California ⓘ
agricultural areas ⓘ
urban areas ⓘ
waterSource Colorado River ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

California Aqueduct → relatedProject → Colorado River Aqueduct ⓘ
Parker Dam → feedsAqueduct → Colorado River Aqueduct ⓘ
Lake Havasu → managesWaterFor → Colorado River Aqueduct ⓘ
Lower Colorado River water management system → hasPart → Colorado River Aqueduct ⓘ
Diamond Valley Lake → waterSource → Colorado River Aqueduct ⓘ
Coachella Canal → partOf → Colorado River Aqueduct system ⓘ
linked to: Colorado River Aqueduct
San Vicente Reservoir → waterSource → Colorado River Aqueduct ⓘ
Lower Basin → waterDeliveredVia → Colorado River Aqueduct ⓘ
Los Angeles → waterSupplyInfrastructure → Colorado River Aqueduct ⓘ
Los Angeles → hasInfrastructureDependency → Colorado River Aqueduct system ⓘ
linked to: Colorado River Aqueduct
20th-century Los Angeles → waterInfrastructure → Colorado River Aqueduct ⓘ