La Boquilla Dam

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La Boquilla Dam is a large masonry gravity dam and hydroelectric facility on the Rio Conchos in Chihuahua, Mexico, used primarily for irrigation, power generation, and flood control.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
La Boquilla Dam canonical 2
Francisco I. Madero Dam 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric power station ⓘ
masonry dam ⓘ
affects downstream flow of Río Conchos ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Presa La Boquilla ⓘ
basinCountry Mexico ⓘ
category Buildings and structures in Chihuahua ⓘ
Dams in Mexico ⓘ
Hydroelectric power stations in Mexico ⓘ
constructionMethod masonry gravity design ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1910 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
damType gravity ⓘ
masonry ⓘ
gridConnection Mexican national electricity grid ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height approximately 80 meters ⓘ
installedCapacity approximately 25 megawatts ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
length approximately 350 meters ⓘ
locatedIn Chihuahua ⓘ
municipality of San Francisco de Conchos ⓘ
northern Mexico ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Río Conchos ⓘ
linked to: Rio Conchos
manages seasonal flooding on Río Conchos ⓘ
material masonry ⓘ
namedAfter La Boquilla ⓘ
openingDate 1915 ⓘ
operator Comisión Federal de Electricidad ⓘ
partOf Río Bravo del Norte (Rio Grande) basin ⓘ
linked to: Rio Grande basin

Río Conchos basin ⓘ
primaryUse irrigation ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
power generation ⓘ
regionServed irrigation districts in Chihuahua ⓘ
reservoirCapacity approximately 2,900,000,000 cubic meters ⓘ
approximately 2.9 cubic kilometres ⓘ
reservoirName La Boquilla Reservoir ⓘ
Presa La Boquilla ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
supports agricultural irrigation in Chihuahua ⓘ
use flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
watercourse Río Conchos ⓘ
linked to: Rio Conchos

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Rio Conchos → hasReservoir → La Boquilla Dam ⓘ
Rio Conchos → hasReservoir → Francisco I. Madero Dam ⓘ
linked to: La Boquilla Dam
Río Conchos basin → containsDam → La Boquilla Dam ⓘ