Cheruthoni Dam

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Cheruthoni Dam is a major concrete gravity dam in Kerala, India, forming part of the Idukki Hydroelectric Project and helping create one of the largest artificial lakes in the state.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Cheruthoni Dam canonical 13
Idukki Reservoir 5
Cheruthoni dam reservoir 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
access road access from Cheruthoni town ⓘ
basinCountry India ⓘ
connectedTo Idukki Dam ⓘ
Kulamavu Dam ⓘ
constructionBegan 1969 ⓘ
constructionMaterial concrete ⓘ
country India ⓘ
creates Idukki Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Cheruthoni Dam

one of the largest artificial lakes in Kerala ⓘ
damType gravity ⓘ
designedFor peak load power supply in Kerala grid ⓘ
floodEventYear 2018 ⓘ
formsPartOf Periyar river system ⓘ
linked to: Periyar River
formsReservoirWith Idukki Dam ⓘ
Kulamavu Dam ⓘ
height 138.2 metres ⓘ
impact submergence of valleys in Idukki district ⓘ
length 650.9 metres ⓘ
locatedIn Idukki district ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Western Ghats ⓘ
managedBy Kerala State Electricity Board Limited ⓘ
near Cheruthoni town ⓘ
Idukki town ⓘ
nearProtectedArea Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary ⓘ
notableEvent major controlled spill during 2018 Kerala floods ⓘ
numberOfSpillwayGates 5 ⓘ
opened 1976 ⓘ
operator Kerala State Electricity Board ⓘ
ownedBy Government of Kerala ⓘ
partOf Idukki Hydroelectric Project ⓘ
projectInstalledCapacity 780 MW (Idukki Hydroelectric Project) ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
region Central Kerala ⓘ
reservoirName Idukki Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Cheruthoni Dam
reservoirSurfaceArea 60 square kilometres ⓘ
reservoirTotalCapacity 1996 million cubic metres ⓘ
riverCrossed Cheruthoni River ⓘ
safetyRegulationAuthority Central Water Commission of India ⓘ
spillwayType gated overflow spillway ⓘ
state Kerala ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
tourism popular viewpoint for Idukki Reservoir ⓘ
watercourse Periyar River basin ⓘ
linked to: Periyar basin

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

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

Idukki district → contains → Cheruthoni Dam ⓘ
Idukki district → contains → Idukki Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Cheruthoni Dam
Idukki district → hasNotableStructure → Cheruthoni Dam ⓘ
Periyar River → hasDam → Cheruthoni Dam ⓘ
Periyar River → hasReservoir → Idukki Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Cheruthoni Dam
Cheruthoni → near → Cheruthoni Dam ⓘ
Cheruthoni → hasNearbyStructure → Cheruthoni Dam ⓘ
Kulamavu Dam → formsReservoirWith → Cheruthoni Dam ⓘ
Kulamavu Dam → helpsCreate → Idukki Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Cheruthoni Dam
Idukki Arch Dam → connectedTo → Cheruthoni Dam ⓘ
Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary → near → Cheruthoni Dam ⓘ
Cheruthoni Dam → creates → Idukki Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Cheruthoni Dam
Cheruthoni Dam → reservoirName → Idukki Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Cheruthoni Dam
Kalvari Mount → overlooks → Cheruthoni dam reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Cheruthoni Dam
Idukki Hydroelectric Project → hasDam → Cheruthoni Dam ⓘ
Periyar → hasDam → Cheruthoni Dam ⓘ
Cheruthoni River → hasDam → Cheruthoni Dam ⓘ
Cheruthoni River → hasStructure → Cheruthoni Dam ⓘ