Ross Barnett Reservoir

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body of water man-made lake reservoir

Ross Barnett Reservoir is a large man-made lake in central Mississippi that serves as a major source of drinking water, recreation, and flood control for the Jackson metropolitan area.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ross Barnett Reservoir canonical 7
Ross Barnett Reservoir Dam 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water ⓘ
man-made lake ⓘ
reservoir ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
completedIn 1963 ⓘ
constructionBegan 1960 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy impoundment of the Pearl River ⓘ
crossedBy Natchez Trace Parkway ⓘ
elevation about 297 feet above sea level ⓘ
about 91 meters above sea level ⓘ
hasDam Ross Barnett Reservoir self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ross Barnett Reservoir Dam
hasIssue periodic algal blooms ⓘ
water quality concerns ⓘ
hasWildlife catfish ⓘ
crappie ⓘ
largemouth bass ⓘ
waterfowl ⓘ
locatedIn Mississippi ⓘ
Rankin County, Mississippi ⓘ
locatedInRegion central Mississippi ⓘ
locatedNear Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ
managedBy Pearl River Valley Water Supply District ⓘ
maximumDepth approximately 18 meters ⓘ
approximately 60 feet ⓘ
namedAfter Ross Barnett ⓘ
surface form: Governor Ross Barnett

Ross Barnett ⓘ
surface form: Ross R. Barnett
nearCity Brandon, Mississippi ⓘ
Flowood, Mississippi ⓘ
Madison, Mississippi ⓘ
Ridgeland, Mississippi ⓘ
opened 1965 ⓘ
operator Pearl River Valley Water Supply District ⓘ
partOf Pearl River ⓘ
surface form: Pearl River watershed
primaryInflows Pearl River ⓘ
primaryOutflows Pearl River ⓘ
recreationArea Old Trace Park ⓘ
Pelahatchie Shore Park ⓘ
Timberlake Campground ⓘ
shoreLength approximately 105 miles ⓘ
approximately 169 kilometers ⓘ
surfaceArea approximately 130 square kilometers ⓘ
approximately 33,000 acres ⓘ
use birdwatching ⓘ
boating ⓘ
camping ⓘ
drinking water supply ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
picnicking ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water sports ⓘ
wildlife habitat ⓘ
waterSourceFor Jackson metropolitan area ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Rankin County → hasNotableWaterBody → Ross Barnett Reservoir ⓘ
Pearl River → createsReservoir → Ross Barnett Reservoir ⓘ
Reservoir (unincorporated area) → locatedNear → Ross Barnett Reservoir ⓘ
subject surface form: Reservoir, Mississippi
Reservoir (unincorporated area) → hasPrimaryWaterBody → Ross Barnett Reservoir ⓘ
subject surface form: Reservoir, Mississippi
Reservoir (unincorporated area) → namedAfter → Ross Barnett Reservoir ⓘ
subject surface form: Reservoir, Mississippi
Ross Barnett Reservoir → hasDam → Ross Barnett Reservoir self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ross Barnett Reservoir Dam
Ridgeland, Mississippi → locatedNear → Ross Barnett Reservoir ⓘ
Madison, Mississippi → nearBodyOfWater → Ross Barnett Reservoir ⓘ