American Falls Dam

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concrete gravity dam hydroelectric dam irrigation dam

American Falls Dam is a major irrigation and hydroelectric dam in southeastern Idaho that creates the American Falls Reservoir on the Snake River.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
American Falls Dam canonical	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	concrete gravity dam ⓘ hydroelectric dam ⓘ irrigation dam ⓘ
associatedWith	Snake River Plain aquifer management ⓘ
completedIn	1927 ⓘ
constructionBegan	1925 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createsReservoir	American Falls Reservoir ⓘ
hasPowerPlant	yes ⓘ
hasSpillway	yes ⓘ
height	approximately 94 feet ⓘ
isDownstreamOf	Palisades Dam ⓘ
isPartOf	Snake River hydropower system ⓘ
isUpstreamOf	Minidoka Dam ⓘ
length	approximately 5,277 feet ⓘ
locatedIn	Idaho ⓘ Power County, Idaho ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear	American Falls, Idaho ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Snake River ⓘ
managesWaterFor	Snake River Plain irrigation ⓘ
managingAgency	Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ surface form: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
opened	1927 ⓘ
operator	Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ surface form: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
owner	Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ surface form: United States Bureau of Reclamation
partOfProject	Minidoka Dam ⓘ surface form: Minidoka Project
purpose	flood control ⓘ hydroelectric power generation ⓘ irrigation ⓘ water storage ⓘ
region	southeastern Idaho ⓘ
replacedStructure	earlier American Falls Dam ⓘ
reservoirCapacity	approximately 1,700,000 acre-feet ⓘ
reservoirName	American Falls Reservoir ⓘ
reservoirUse	hydropower regulation ⓘ irrigation storage ⓘ recreation ⓘ
riverBasin	Columbia River Basin ⓘ
watercourse	Snake River ⓘ

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

Snake River → hasDam → American Falls Dam ⓘ

Minidoka Dam → locatedUpstreamOf → American Falls Dam ⓘ