Lac de Péligre

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Lac de Péligre is a large artificial reservoir in central Haiti, created by the Péligre Dam on the Artibonite River and serving as a major source of hydroelectric power and irrigation for the region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lake Péligre 3
Lac de Péligre canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf reservoir ⓘ
associatedDam Péligre Dam ⓘ
linked to: Peligre Dam
basinCountry Haiti ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Haiti ⓘ
createdAsResultOf construction of Péligre hydroelectric project ⓘ
createdByConstructionOf Péligre Dam ⓘ
linked to: Peligre Dam
energyInfrastructureRole key component of Haiti national grid ⓘ
formedBy Péligre Dam ⓘ
linked to: Peligre Dam
formedByDamming Artibonite River at Péligre ⓘ
linked to: Artibonite River
hasEnvironmentalIssue deforestation in catchment area ⓘ
sediment accumulation ⓘ
water quality concerns ⓘ
hasImpact changes in downstream river flow ⓘ
displacement of local communities ⓘ
hasNameInEnglish Lake Péligre ⓘ
linked to: Lac de Péligre
hasNameInFrench Lac de Péligre ⓘ
hasShorelineUse small-scale agriculture ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
inflow Artibonite River ⓘ
isLargestReservoirOf Haiti ⓘ
isLocatedEastOf Port-au-Prince ⓘ
isLocatedInValley Artibonite Valley ⓘ
linked to: Artibonite
isMajorReservoirOf Haiti ⓘ
isPartOf Haiti electricity generation system ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
locatedIn Central Haiti ⓘ
linked to: central Haiti
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Département du Centre ⓘ
locatedInRegion Caribbean ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Artibonite River ⓘ
nearSettlement Hinche ⓘ
Mirebalais ⓘ
Péligre ⓘ
outflow Artibonite River ⓘ
partOf Artibonite River basin ⓘ
linked to: Artibonite River
primaryFunction electricity supply for Haiti ⓘ
irrigation water supply for central Haiti ⓘ
typeOfHydropower reservoir-based hydropower ⓘ
use fishing ⓘ
flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
watercourse Artibonite River ⓘ
waterLevelAffectedBy seasonal rainfall variability ⓘ
sedimentation ⓘ
waterSourceFor agricultural land in Artibonite Valley ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Cange → locatedNear → Lac de Péligre ⓘ
Peligre Dam → formsReservoir → Lake Péligre ⓘ
linked to: Lac de Péligre
Peligre Dam → reservoirName → Lake Péligre ⓘ
linked to: Lac de Péligre
Lac de Péligre → hasNameInFrench → Lac de Péligre ⓘ
Lac de Péligre → hasNameInEnglish → Lake Péligre ⓘ
linked to: Lac de Péligre