Rur Dam

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Rur Dam is a major embankment dam on the Rur (Roer) River in western Germany, forming the Rur Reservoir and serving purposes such as water supply, flood control, and recreation.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Rur Dam canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dam ⓘ
embankment dam ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Rurtalsperre ⓘ
Rurtalsperre Schwammenauel ⓘ
linked to: Rurtalsperre
basinCountry Germany ⓘ
completedIn 1938 ⓘ
constructionBegan 1934 ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
crestElevation 285 m above sea level ⓘ
formsReservoir Rur Reservoir ⓘ
hasHydroelectricPlant yes ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height 77 m ⓘ
hydropowerType conventional hydroelectric ⓘ
length 480 m ⓘ
locatedIn North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Eifel National Park ⓘ
locatedInRegion Eifel ⓘ
linked to: Eifel region
locatedNear Schwammenauel ⓘ
Simmerath ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Roer ⓘ
Rur ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Aachen ⓘ
locatedWestOf Cologne ⓘ
managingAgency Wasserverband Eifel-Rur ⓘ
nearBorderWith Belgium ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
opened 1938 ⓘ
partOf Rur River water management system ⓘ
linked to: Rur River basin
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydropower generation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
region western Germany ⓘ
reservoirCatchmentArea 1,088 km² ⓘ
reservoirName Rur Reservoir ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea 7.83 km² ⓘ
reservoirTotalCapacity 203 million m³ ⓘ
riverBasin Meuse basin ⓘ
spillwayType overflow spillway ⓘ
usedFor angling ⓘ
drinking water supply ⓘ
industrial water supply ⓘ
low-flow augmentation ⓘ
navigation support downstream ⓘ
sailing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
water sports ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Roer → hasStructure → Rur Dam ⓘ
Rur Reservoir → formedByDam → Rur Dam ⓘ