Tabqa Dam
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Tabqa Dam is a major hydroelectric and irrigation dam on the Euphrates River in northern Syria, forming Lake Assad and playing a key role in the country’s water and power supply.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tabqa Dam canonical | 9 |
| Al-Thawra Dam | 1 |
| Euphrates Dam | 1 |
| Euphrates Dam Project | 1 |
| Euphrates dam project | 1 |
| Tabqa hydroelectric power station | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T656752 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tabqa Dam Context triple: [Euphrates, hasDam, Tabqa Dam]
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A.
Aswan High Dam
The Aswan High Dam is a massive embankment dam on the Nile River in southern Egypt, built in the 1960s to control flooding, provide hydroelectric power, and improve irrigation, while also causing the creation of Lake Nasser and the displacement of communities and archaeological sites in Nubia.
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B.
Keban Dam
Keban Dam is a major hydroelectric and flood-control dam in eastern Turkey that forms one of the largest reservoirs on the Euphrates River.
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C.
Almatti Dam
Almatti Dam is a major hydroelectric and irrigation dam in Karnataka, India, built across the Krishna River as part of the Upper Krishna Project.
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D.
Atatürk Dam
Atatürk Dam is one of Turkey’s largest and most significant hydroelectric and irrigation dams, forming a key part of the Southeastern Anatolia Project on the Euphrates River.
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E.
Tarbela Dam
Tarbela Dam is one of the world’s largest earth-filled dams, located in Pakistan and serving as a major source of hydroelectric power and irrigation water.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tabqa Dam Target entity description: Tabqa Dam is a major hydroelectric and irrigation dam on the Euphrates River in northern Syria, forming Lake Assad and playing a key role in the country’s water and power supply.
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A.
Aswan High Dam
The Aswan High Dam is a massive embankment dam on the Nile River in southern Egypt, built in the 1960s to control flooding, provide hydroelectric power, and improve irrigation, while also causing the creation of Lake Nasser and the displacement of communities and archaeological sites in Nubia.
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B.
Keban Dam
Keban Dam is a major hydroelectric and flood-control dam in eastern Turkey that forms one of the largest reservoirs on the Euphrates River.
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C.
Almatti Dam
Almatti Dam is a major hydroelectric and irrigation dam in Karnataka, India, built across the Krishna River as part of the Upper Krishna Project.
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D.
Atatürk Dam
Atatürk Dam is one of Turkey’s largest and most significant hydroelectric and irrigation dams, forming a key part of the Southeastern Anatolia Project on the Euphrates River.
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E.
Tarbela Dam
Tarbela Dam is one of the world’s largest earth-filled dams, located in Pakistan and serving as a major source of hydroelectric power and irrigation water.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dam
ⓘ
embankment dam ⓘ gravity dam ⓘ hydroelectric dam ⓘ irrigation infrastructure ⓘ |
| affectsRegion |
Euphrates valley in Syria
ⓘ
linked to:
Euphrates
northern Syria ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Al-Thawra Dam
ⓘ
linked to:
Tabqa Dam
Euphrates Dam ⓘ
linked to:
Tabqa Dam
|
| basinCountry | Syria ⓘ |
| builtWithAssistanceFrom | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1973 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1968 ⓘ |
| country | Syria ⓘ |
| createsBarrierFor | Euphrates River flow in Syria ⓘ |
| designedBy | Soviet engineers ⓘ |
| enablesIrrigationArea | hundreds of thousands of hectares ⓘ |
| formsReservoir | Lake Assad ⓘ |
| hasSpillway | yes ⓘ |
| height | 60 metres ⓘ |
| installedCapacity | about 824 MW ⓘ |
| length | 4.5 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Raqqa Governorate
ⓘ
linked to:
Raqqa
|
| locatedNearCity |
Al-Thawrah
ⓘ
Raqqa ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver |
Euphrates River
ⓘ
linked to:
Euphrates
|
| nameArabic | سد الطبقة ⓘ |
| nearbyInfrastructure |
Tabqa city
ⓘ
Tabqa military airbase ⓘ |
| numberOfTurbines | 8 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1973 ⓘ |
| operator | Syrian government ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
hydroelectric power generation
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ |
| region | northern Syria ⓘ |
| reservoirCitySubmerged | parts of old Raqqa region ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Lake Assad ⓘ |
| reservoirNameArabic | بحيرة الأسد ⓘ |
| reservoirSurfaceArea | about 610 square kilometres ⓘ |
| reservoirTotalCapacity | about 11.7 cubic kilometres ⓘ |
| riverBasin |
Euphrates basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Euphrates
|
| secondaryPurpose |
flood control
ⓘ
water supply ⓘ |
| significance |
key element of Syria’s national irrigation schemes
ⓘ
major component of Syria’s power grid ⓘ |
| turbineType | Francis turbine ⓘ |
| usedFor |
agricultural irrigation
ⓘ
domestic water supply ⓘ electricity generation ⓘ |
| waterSource | Euphrates River inflow ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tabqa Dam Description of subject: Tabqa Dam is a major hydroelectric and irrigation dam on the Euphrates River in northern Syria, forming Lake Assad and playing a key role in the country’s water and power supply.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tabqa Dam
linked to: Tabqa Dam
linked to: Tabqa Dam
linked to: Tabqa Dam
linked to: Tabqa Dam
subject linked to:
Tabqa city
subject linked to:
Tabqa city