Poulaphouca Reservoir

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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.

All labels observed (3)

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

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

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 ⓘ