Eucumbene Dam
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Eucumbene Dam is a major rock-fill embankment dam in New South Wales, Australia, forming part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme and impounding Lake Eucumbene for hydroelectric power generation and water storage.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eucumbene Dam canonical | 2 |
| Eucumbene Reservoir Dam | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3555859 — 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: Eucumbene Dam Context triple: [Lake Eucumbene, createdBy, Eucumbene Dam]
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A.
Burrinjuck Dam
Burrinjuck Dam is a major concrete gravity dam in New South Wales, Australia, built on the Murrumbidgee River for irrigation, hydroelectric power generation, and flood mitigation.
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B.
Googong Dam
Googong Dam is a major water storage and supply reservoir serving the Canberra–Queanbeyan region in southeastern Australia.
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C.
Blowering Dam
Blowering Dam is a major rockfill embankment dam on the Tumut River in New South Wales, Australia, forming Blowering Reservoir and playing a key role in hydroelectric power generation, irrigation, and flood mitigation within the Murrumbidgee catchment.
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D.
Hume Dam
Hume Dam is a major concrete gravity dam in southeastern Australia that forms Lake Hume and plays a key role in water storage, irrigation, and flood control in the Murray–Darling Basin.
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E.
O’Sullivan Dam
O’Sullivan Dam is a major earth-fill dam in central Washington State that forms Potholes Reservoir and plays a key role in irrigation and water management for the Columbia Basin Project.
- 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: Eucumbene Dam Target entity description: Eucumbene Dam is a major rock-fill embankment dam in New South Wales, Australia, forming part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme and impounding Lake Eucumbene for hydroelectric power generation and water storage.
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A.
Burrinjuck Dam
Burrinjuck Dam is a major concrete gravity dam in New South Wales, Australia, built on the Murrumbidgee River for irrigation, hydroelectric power generation, and flood mitigation.
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B.
Googong Dam
Googong Dam is a major water storage and supply reservoir serving the Canberra–Queanbeyan region in southeastern Australia.
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C.
Blowering Dam
Blowering Dam is a major rockfill embankment dam on the Tumut River in New South Wales, Australia, forming Blowering Reservoir and playing a key role in hydroelectric power generation, irrigation, and flood mitigation within the Murrumbidgee catchment.
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D.
Hume Dam
Hume Dam is a major concrete gravity dam in southeastern Australia that forms Lake Hume and plays a key role in water storage, irrigation, and flood control in the Murray–Darling Basin.
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E.
O’Sullivan Dam
O’Sullivan Dam is a major earth-fill dam in central Washington State that forms Potholes Reservoir and plays a key role in irrigation and water management for the Columbia Basin Project.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hydroelectric dam
ⓘ
rock-fill embankment dam ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Adaminaby
ⓘ
Tantangara Dam ⓘ Tumut Pond Dam ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | 1949 ⓘ |
| continent | Australia ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| crestElevation | 1200 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| damType |
embankment
ⓘ
rock-fill ⓘ |
| engineeringProjectOf |
Snowy Hydro Limited
ⓘ
surface form:
Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Eucumbene Dam
ⓘ
surface form:
Eucumbene Reservoir Dam
|
| hasBasinCountry | Australia ⓘ |
| hasReservoirUse |
boating
ⓘ
camping ⓘ trout fishing ⓘ |
| hasSpillway | yes ⓘ |
| height | 116 metres ⓘ |
| impounds | Lake Eucumbene ⓘ |
| length | 579 metres ⓘ |
| locatedIn | New South Wales ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Kosciuszko National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Snowy Mountains ⓘ |
| locatedOnWatercourse | Eucumbene River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | Adaminaby, New South Wales ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1958 ⓘ |
| operator | Snowy Hydro Limited ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ |
| partOf |
Snowy Hydro Scheme
ⓘ
surface form:
Snowy Mountains Scheme
|
| partOfSystem |
Snowy Hydro Scheme
ⓘ
surface form:
Snowy-Murray development
Snowy–Tumut Development ⓘ
surface form:
Snowy-Tumut development
|
| purpose |
hydroelectric power generation
ⓘ
water storage ⓘ |
| region | Monaro ⓘ |
| reservoirCapacity | 4798000 megalitres ⓘ |
| reservoirCatchmentArea | 686 square kilometres ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Lake Eucumbene ⓘ |
| reservoirSurfaceArea | 145 square kilometres ⓘ |
| riverCrossed | Eucumbene River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spillwayCapacity | 3680 cubic metres per second ⓘ |
| spillwayType | uncontrolled overflow ⓘ |
| state | New South Wales ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| usedFor |
flood mitigation
ⓘ
irrigation water supply ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Eucumbene Dam Description of subject: Eucumbene Dam is a major rock-fill embankment dam in New South Wales, Australia, forming part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme and impounding Lake Eucumbene for hydroelectric power generation and water storage.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Eucumbene Reservoir Dam