Mosul Dam Lake

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Mosul Dam Lake is a large artificial reservoir in northern Iraq formed by the Mosul Dam on the Tigris River, serving as a major source of water storage, irrigation, and hydroelectric power for the region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mosul Dam Lake canonical 1
Mosul Reservoir 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf reservoir ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lake Dahuk ⓘ
Mosul Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Mosul Dam Lake
associatedWithRisk Mosul Dam structural instability ⓘ
basinCountry Iraq ⓘ
climateZone semi-arid ⓘ
constructionStartOfDam 1980 ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
createdByConstructionOf Mosul Dam ⓘ
damCompleted 1986 ⓘ
formedBy Mosul Dam ⓘ
formedInDecade 1980s ⓘ
hasDam Mosul Dam ⓘ
hasFunction regulating Tigris River flow ⓘ
supporting agricultural development in northern Iraq ⓘ
supporting regional electricity grid ⓘ
locatedIn Middle East ⓘ
Tigris River valley ⓘ
northern Iraq ⓘ
locatedInGovernorate Nineveh Governorate ⓘ
locatedInRegion Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
locatedNear Mosul ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Tigris River ⓘ
linked to: Tigris
locatedUpstreamOf Mosul ⓘ
nearCity Duhok ⓘ
Zakho ⓘ
partOfInfrastructure Iraq national power system ⓘ
Iraq national water management system ⓘ
partOfRiverSystem Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ
primaryInflows Tigris River ⓘ
linked to: Tigris
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
regionServed Kurdistan Region of Iraq ⓘ
Nineveh Governorate ⓘ
northern Iraq ⓘ
usedFor agricultural irrigation ⓘ
drinking water supply ⓘ
fisheries ⓘ
hydroelectric power ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
watercourse Tigris River ⓘ
linked to: Tigris
waterSourceFor Tigris River irrigation schemes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Kuyunjik → nearbyFeature → Mosul Dam Lake ⓘ
Mosul Dam Lake → alsoKnownAs → Mosul Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Mosul Dam Lake