BOR

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BOR is the commonly used abbreviation for the United States Bureau of Reclamation, a federal agency that manages water resources and hydroelectric power projects in the American West.

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BOR canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf federal agency ⓘ
abbreviation BOR ⓘ
USBR ⓘ
collaboratesWith Native American tribes ⓘ
irrigation districts ⓘ
state water agencies ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateFounded 1902 ⓘ
employerOf civil engineers ⓘ
environmental scientists ⓘ
hydrologists ⓘ
formerName United States Reclamation Service ⓘ
foundedBy United States Congress ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
legalBasis Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
notableProject Central Arizona Project ⓘ
Central Valley Project ⓘ
Colorado-Big Thompson Project ⓘ
Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
Glen Canyon Dam ⓘ
Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Hoover Dam ⓘ
Shasta Dam ⓘ
Yakima Project ⓘ
operatesIn Colorado River Basin ⓘ
Columbia River Basin ⓘ
Great Basin ⓘ
Missouri River Basin ⓘ
Rio Grande Basin ⓘ
parentAgency United States Department of the Interior ⓘ
primaryFunction hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation project development ⓘ
operation of dams and reservoirs ⓘ
water resources management ⓘ
regionServed Western United States ⓘ
responsibleFor construction of dams ⓘ
delivery of irrigation water ⓘ
generation of hydroelectric power ⓘ
operation of canals ⓘ
water storage infrastructure ⓘ
sector hydropower ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
water resources ⓘ
supervisingOfficerTitle Commissioner of Reclamation ⓘ
website https://www.usbr.gov/ ⓘ

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Bureau of Reclamation → abbreviation → BOR ⓘ
subject linked to: BOR