Diama Dam

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dam low-head dam

Diama Dam is a low-head dam on the lower Senegal River near the Senegal–Mauritania border, built primarily to prevent saltwater intrusion and support irrigation and navigation in the region.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Diama Dam canonical	3
Diama	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dam ⓘ low-head dam ⓘ
abbreviationOfAssociatedOrganization	OMVS ⓘ
affectsRegion	lower Senegal River valley ⓘ
associatedWith	Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal ⓘ
coordinatedBy	OMVS ⓘ
countryOnLeftBank	Senegal ⓘ
countryOnRightBank	Mauritania ⓘ
crosses	Senegal River ⓘ
designedTo	block tidal saltwater from Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
enables	river navigation between Saint-Louis and upstream areas ⓘ year-round irrigation upstream ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalImpact	changes in estuarine salinity regime ⓘ modification of wetlands in lower Senegal River ⓘ
hasPrimaryPurpose	prevention of saltwater intrusion ⓘ
hasPurpose	improvement of freshwater availability ⓘ support of irrigation ⓘ support of navigation ⓘ
hasSocialImpact	support for agriculture in Senegal River valley ⓘ support for livestock watering ⓘ
isDownstreamOf	Manantali Dam ⓘ
isUpstreamOf	Atlantic Ocean mouth of Senegal River ⓘ
locatedInCountry	Mauritania ⓘ Senegal ⓘ
locatedNear	Diama Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Diama Saint-Louis, Senegal ⓘ Senegal–Mauritania border ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Senegal River ⓘ
partOf	Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal ⓘ surface form: Senegal River Basin development
region	West Africa ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Senegal River → hasDam → Diama Dam ⓘ

Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal → coordinatesProject → Diama Dam ⓘ

OMVS → infrastructureManaged → Diama Dam ⓘ

Diama Dam → locatedNear → Diama Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Diama