Nagarjuna Sagar Dam

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dam hydroelectric power station masonry dam

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is a major masonry dam in southern India, renowned as one of the world’s largest man-made lakes and a key source of irrigation and hydroelectric power for the region.

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Label Occurrences
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam canonical 6
Nagarjuna Sagar 2
Nagarjuna Sagar Reservoir 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dam ⓘ
hydroelectric power station ⓘ
masonry dam ⓘ
associatedWith Nagarjunakonda archaeological site nearby ⓘ
benefits agricultural development ⓘ
power supply stability in southern India ⓘ
rural livelihoods ⓘ
borderBetween Telangana and Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
classification major dam in India ⓘ
constructedBy Andhra State ⓘ
surface form: Government of Andhra Pradesh (undivided)

Government of India ⓘ
constructionBegan 1955 ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
crosses Krishna River ⓘ
engineeringSignificance major post-independence river valley project in India ⓘ
hasFeature large reservoir suitable for boating and tourism ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height approximately 124 meters ⓘ
installedCapacity hydroelectric power station of several hundred megawatts ⓘ
irrigatesRegion Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Telangana ⓘ
length approximately 1,550 meters ⓘ
locatedIn southern India ⓘ
locatedInState Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Telangana ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Krishna River ⓘ
managedBy state irrigation departments of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
namedAfter Nagarjuna ⓘ
nearCity Guntur ⓘ
Nalgonda ⓘ
notableFor being one of the world’s largest man-made lakes ⓘ
large irrigation command area ⓘ
major hydroelectric power generation in southern India ⓘ
opened 1967 ⓘ
partOf Krishna River irrigation projects ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
region Deccan Plateau ⓘ
regionServed Krishna River basin ⓘ
reservoirName Nagarjuna Sagar Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nagarjuna Sagar Reservoir
reservoirType artificial lake ⓘ
spillwayType gated spillway ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
typeOfDam masonry gravity dam ⓘ
waterSourceFor drinking water to nearby towns and cities ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Krishna → hasDam → Nagarjuna Sagar Dam ⓘ
subject surface form: Krishna River
Srisailam Dam → connectedTo → Nagarjuna Sagar Dam ⓘ
Kistna River → passesNear → Nagarjuna Sagar Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nagarjuna Sagar
Kistna River → dam → Nagarjuna Sagar Dam ⓘ
Krishna River basin → hasMajorDam → Nagarjuna Sagar Dam ⓘ
Krishna River basin → hasMajorReservoir → Nagarjuna Sagar Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nagarjuna Sagar Reservoir
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam → reservoirName → Nagarjuna Sagar Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nagarjuna Sagar Reservoir
Krishna River → hasDam → Nagarjuna Sagar Dam ⓘ
Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve → near → Nagarjuna Sagar Dam ⓘ
Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve → namedAfter → Nagarjuna Sagar Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nagarjuna Sagar
Nalgonda → nearbyIrrigationProject → Nagarjuna Sagar Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nagarjuna Sagar Project