John H. Kerr Reservoir

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John H. Kerr Reservoir is a large man-made lake on the Roanoke River along the North Carolina–Virginia border, widely used for hydroelectric power, flood control, and recreation.

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Label Occurrences
John H. Kerr Reservoir canonical 13

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf flood control reservoir ⓘ
hydroelectric reservoir ⓘ
man-made lake ⓘ
reservoir ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Buggs Island Lake ⓘ
Kerr Lake ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
createdByDam John H. Kerr Dam ⓘ
linked to: Kerr Dam
hasActivity sport fishing tournaments ⓘ
hasFishSpecies catfish ⓘ
crappie ⓘ
largemouth bass ⓘ
striped bass ⓘ
hasFunction downstream flow regulation ⓘ
peak power generation ⓘ
hasPrimaryUse flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
hasShorelineOn Brunswick County, Virginia ⓘ
Granville County, North Carolina ⓘ
Halifax County, Virginia ⓘ
Mecklenburg County, Virginia ⓘ
Vance County, North Carolina ⓘ
Warren County, North Carolina ⓘ
hasUse boating ⓘ
camping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
wildlife habitat ⓘ
inflowsFrom Roanoke River ⓘ
locatedInCountry United States ⓘ
locatedInState North Carolina ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
locatedOnBorderBetween North Carolina ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Roanoke River ⓘ
managedBy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
namedAfter John H. Kerr ⓘ
outflowsTo Roanoke River ⓘ
partOfRiverBasin Roanoke River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Roanoke River
purpose flood mitigation ⓘ
hydroelectric power ⓘ
navigation support ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
region Southeastern United States ⓘ
usedBy anglers ⓘ
campers ⓘ
recreational boaters ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

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

Roanoke River → formsReservoir → John H. Kerr Reservoir ⓘ
Dan River → mouthLocation → John H. Kerr Reservoir ⓘ
Mecklenburg County, Virginia → hasMajorWaterBody → John H. Kerr Reservoir ⓘ
Kerr Lake → alsoKnownAs → John H. Kerr Reservoir ⓘ
Kerr Dam → reservoirName → John H. Kerr Reservoir ⓘ
Staunton River → hasReservoir → John H. Kerr Reservoir ⓘ
Staunton River → flowsInto → John H. Kerr Reservoir ⓘ
Staunton River State Park → nearestLargeWaterBody → John H. Kerr Reservoir ⓘ
Kerr Lake region → hasWaterBody → John H. Kerr Reservoir ⓘ
Kerr Lake State Recreation Areas → followsShorelineOf → John H. Kerr Reservoir ⓘ
South Hill, Virginia → hasNearbyAttraction → John H. Kerr Reservoir ⓘ
Buggs Island Lake → alsoKnownAs → John H. Kerr Reservoir ⓘ