Victoria Reservoir

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Victoria Reservoir is a major hydroelectric and irrigation reservoir in central Sri Lanka, created by the Victoria Dam on the Mahaweli River.

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Victoria Reservoir canonical 5

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric reservoir ⓘ
irrigation reservoir ⓘ
reservoir ⓘ
affectsDistrict Kandy District ⓘ
Matale District ⓘ
Nuwara Eliya District ⓘ
basinCountry Sri Lanka ⓘ
connectedTo Victoria Power Station ⓘ
constructionStartOfDam 1978 ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
createdByProject Mahaweli Ganga Development Project ⓘ
damCompletion 1984 ⓘ
environmentalSetting hill country of Sri Lanka ⓘ
formedBy Victoria Dam ⓘ
hasCatchmentArea Mahaweli River catchment ⓘ
hasDamType arch dam ⓘ
hasInfrastructure intake tunnels ⓘ
powerhouse ⓘ
spillway gates ⓘ
hasManagementAuthority Ministry of Power and Energy of Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasPrimaryUse electricity generation ⓘ
hasSecondaryUse agricultural irrigation ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
impact resettlement of local communities ⓘ
submergence of upstream villages ⓘ
isMajorComponentOf Sri Lanka national grid hydropower system ⓘ
locatedIn Central Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedInCountrySubdivision Central Province ⓘ
locatedInValley Mahaweli River valley ⓘ
linked to: Mahaweli River
locatedOnRiver Mahaweli River ⓘ
namedAfter Queen Victoria ⓘ
nearCity Kandy ⓘ
Teldeniya ⓘ
openingDate 1985 ⓘ
operator Ceylon Electricity Board ⓘ
partOf Mahaweli Development Programme ⓘ
partOfSystemWith Randenigala Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Randenigala Dam

Rantembe Reservoir ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
region central Sri Lanka ⓘ
supportsActivity fishing ⓘ
inland navigation ⓘ
usedFor Victoria Hydropower Station ⓘ
watercourse Mahaweli River ⓘ
waterSource Mahaweli River ⓘ
waterUsedFor downstream irrigation schemes ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Central Province of Sri Lanka → hasLandmark → Victoria Reservoir ⓘ
Central Province → containsSite → Victoria Reservoir ⓘ
Victoria Dam → createsReservoir → Victoria Reservoir ⓘ
Victoria Dam → reservoirName → Victoria Reservoir ⓘ
Mahaweli Ganga → hasReservoir → Victoria Reservoir ⓘ