Dartmouth Dam
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Dartmouth Dam is a major rockfill embankment dam in Victoria, Australia, forming the Dartmouth Reservoir and playing a key role in water storage and flow regulation in the Murray–Darling Basin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dartmouth Dam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2599900 — 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: Dartmouth Dam Context triple: [Murray River, hasDam, Dartmouth Dam]
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A.
Melton Hill Dam
Melton Hill Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River in East Tennessee, forming Melton Hill Lake and providing power generation, recreation, and flood control for the Knoxville area.
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B.
Norris Dam
Norris Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River in eastern Tennessee, notable as TVA’s first major dam project and a key component of regional flood control and power generation.
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C.
Watertown Dam
Watertown Dam is a historic low-head dam on the Charles River in Watertown, Massachusetts, that once powered local industry and now helps regulate river flow and fish passage.
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D.
Denison Dam
Denison Dam is a large earthen dam on the Red River between Texas and Oklahoma, built for flood control, hydroelectric power generation, and water supply.
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E.
Hoist Dam
Hoist Dam is a hydroelectric dam on Michigan’s Dead River that helps generate power and regulate water flow in the region.
- 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: Dartmouth Dam Target entity description: Dartmouth Dam is a major rockfill embankment dam in Victoria, Australia, forming the Dartmouth Reservoir and playing a key role in water storage and flow regulation in the Murray–Darling Basin.
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A.
Melton Hill Dam
Melton Hill Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River in East Tennessee, forming Melton Hill Lake and providing power generation, recreation, and flood control for the Knoxville area.
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B.
Norris Dam
Norris Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River in eastern Tennessee, notable as TVA’s first major dam project and a key component of regional flood control and power generation.
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C.
Watertown Dam
Watertown Dam is a historic low-head dam on the Charles River in Watertown, Massachusetts, that once powered local industry and now helps regulate river flow and fish passage.
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D.
Denison Dam
Denison Dam is a large earthen dam on the Red River between Texas and Oklahoma, built for flood control, hydroelectric power generation, and water supply.
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E.
Hoist Dam
Hoist Dam is a hydroelectric dam on Michigan’s Dead River that helps generate power and regulate water flow in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
reservoir dam
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rockfill embankment dam ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Australia ⓘ |
| catchmentArea | Mitta Mitta River catchment ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | 1973 ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| damType |
embankment
ⓘ
rockfill ⓘ |
| forms | Dartmouth Reservoir ⓘ |
| function |
provides drought security for Murray–Darling Basin users
ⓘ
regulates flows to the Hume Dam ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
rockfill embankment with concrete upstream face
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underground power station ⓘ |
| height | about 180 metres ⓘ |
| installedCapacity | about 180 megawatts ⓘ |
| length | about 770 metres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Murray–Darling Basin
ⓘ
Victoria (Australia) ⓘ
surface form:
Victoria, Australia
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| locatedInProtectedArea | Alpine region of north‑east Victoria ⓘ |
| managingAgent | Murray–Darling Basin Authority ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Albury ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement | Dartmouth, Victoria ⓘ |
| numberOfTurbines | 1 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1979 ⓘ |
| operator | Murray–Darling Basin Authority ⓘ |
| owner |
Australian government
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surface form:
Australian Government
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| partOf |
Murray–Darling Basin water management system
ⓘ
Monaro region ⓘ
surface form:
Snowy–Murray development region
|
| plantType | conventional hydroelectric power station ⓘ |
| powerStationName | Dartmouth Power Station ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood mitigation
ⓘ
flow regulation ⓘ hydroelectric power generation ⓘ irrigation supply ⓘ water storage ⓘ |
| reservoirCapacity | about 3,900,000 megalitres ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Dartmouth Reservoir ⓘ |
| river | Mitta Mitta River ⓘ |
| significance |
key long‑term storage in the Murray–Darling Basin
ⓘ
one of the largest capacity dams in Victoria ⓘ |
| spillwayCapacity | about 14,000 cubic metres per second ⓘ |
| spillwayCount | 1 ⓘ |
| spillwayType | uncontrolled chute spillway ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| turbineType | Francis turbine ⓘ |
| volume | about 14,000,000 cubic metres ⓘ |
| watercourseDam | Mitta Mitta River ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dartmouth Dam Description of subject: Dartmouth Dam is a major rockfill embankment dam in Victoria, Australia, forming the Dartmouth Reservoir and playing a key role in water storage and flow regulation in the Murray–Darling Basin.
Referenced by (1)
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