Victoria Dam

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Victoria Dam is a major hydroelectric and irrigation dam in Sri Lanka, forming part of the Mahaweli Development Programme and creating the Victoria Reservoir on the Mahaweli River.

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Victoria Dam canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arch dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
irrigation dam ⓘ
annualGeneration approximately 970 GWh ⓘ
constructionMethod roller-compacted concrete and conventional concrete ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1978 ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
createsReservoir Victoria Reservoir ⓘ
crosses Mahaweli River ⓘ
fundedBy United Kingdom ⓘ
World Bank ⓘ
hasAccessRoadFrom Kandy ⓘ
height approximately 122 m ⓘ
impact expansion of irrigated agriculture in dry zone ⓘ
increased hydropower share in Sri Lanka’s electricity mix ⓘ
resettlement of local communities ⓘ
inauguratedBy J. R. Jayewardene ⓘ
installedCapacity 210 MW ⓘ
isMajorComponentOf Mahaweli Project System C ⓘ
length approximately 520 m ⓘ
locatedIn Central Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedNear Teldeniya ⓘ
namedAfter Queen Victoria ⓘ
notableFor being one of the tallest dams in Sri Lanka ⓘ
largest hydroelectric power station in Sri Lanka at commissioning ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 3 ⓘ
openingDate 1985 ⓘ
operator Ceylon Electricity Board ⓘ
owner Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
partOf Mahaweli Development Programme ⓘ
Mahaweli Ganga Hydropower Complex ⓘ
plantName Victoria Hydropower Station ⓘ
plantType conventional hydroelectric power plant ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
reservoirName Victoria Reservoir ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea approximately 22.7 km² ⓘ
reservoirTotalCapacity approximately 722 million m³ ⓘ
riverBasin Mahaweli River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Mahaweli River
spillwayGates 3 ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
typeOfSpillway gated overflow spillway ⓘ
upstreamFrom Randenigala Dam ⓘ
Rantembe Dam ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Mahaweli River → hasDam → Victoria Dam ⓘ
Victoria Reservoir → formedBy → Victoria Dam ⓘ
Mahaweli Ganga → hasDam → Victoria Dam ⓘ
Mahaweli River → hasDam → Victoria Dam ⓘ
subject linked to: Great Sandy River