Poulaphouca Reservoir

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artificial lake reservoir

Poulaphouca Reservoir is a large artificial lake in County Wicklow, Ireland, created for hydroelectric power generation and water supply, and also known for its scenic landscape and wildlife habitats.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Poulaphouca Dam 2
Poulaphouca Reservoir canonical 2
Poulaphuca Lake 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artificial lake ⓘ
reservoir ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Blessington Lake ⓘ
Poulaphouca Reservoir ⓘ
surface form: Poulaphuca Lake
basinCountry Ireland ⓘ
completedIn 1940s ⓘ
constructionBegan 1937 ⓘ
country Island of Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Ireland
createdBy Poulaphouca Reservoir self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Poulaphouca Dam
habitatFor migratory birds ⓘ
wintering waterfowl ⓘ
hasIsland multiple small islands ⓘ
hasPart Poulaphouca Reservoir self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Poulaphouca Dam
hasRecreationalFacility Blessington Greenway ⓘ
hasShoreLength approximately 80 km ⓘ
hasViewOf Wicklow Mountains National Park ⓘ
inflow River Liffey ⓘ
knownFor scenic landscape ⓘ
wildlife habitats ⓘ
locatedIn County Kildare ⓘ
County Wicklow ⓘ
Leinster ⓘ
locatedNear Wicklow Mountains ⓘ
locatedOn River Liffey ⓘ
near Blessington ⓘ
Lacken ⓘ
Valleymount ⓘ
operator Electricity Supply Board ⓘ
outflow River Liffey ⓘ
partOf Liffey hydroelectric scheme ⓘ
protectedAreaStatus Special Area of Conservation (in parts) ⓘ
surface form: Special Area of Conservation

Special Protection Area ⓘ
purpose hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
region east Ireland ⓘ
submerged former farmland ⓘ
former villages ⓘ
surfaceArea approximately 20 km² ⓘ
usedFor angling ⓘ
birdwatching ⓘ
boating ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
sailing ⓘ
waterSource River Liffey ⓘ
waterSupplyTo Dublin ⓘ
Dublin Region ⓘ
surface form: Greater Dublin Area

Referenced by (5)

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

River Liffey → hasReservoir → Poulaphouca Reservoir ⓘ
Poulaphouca Reservoir → alsoKnownAs → Poulaphouca Reservoir ⓘ
this entity surface form: Poulaphuca Lake
Poulaphouca Reservoir → hasPart → Poulaphouca Reservoir self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Poulaphouca Dam
Poulaphouca Reservoir → createdBy → Poulaphouca Reservoir self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Poulaphouca Dam
Blessington → lakeSystemCreatedBy → Poulaphouca Reservoir ⓘ