Elephant Butte Reservoir

E400240
body of water man-made lake reservoir

Elephant Butte Reservoir is a large man-made lake on the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico, known for recreation, irrigation storage, and hydroelectric power generation.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Elephant Butte Lake State Park 6
Elephant Butte Reservoir canonical 4
Elephant Butte 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water ⓘ
man-made lake ⓘ
reservoir ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
constructionBegan 1911 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy Elephant Butte Dam ⓘ
formedBy impoundment of the Rio Grande ⓘ
hasHydroelectricPlant Elephant Butte Dam power plant ⓘ
hasRecreationArea Elephant Butte Reservoir self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Elephant Butte Lake State Park
hasTourismActivity beach recreation ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
sport fishing ⓘ
hasUse agricultural irrigation ⓘ
electricity generation ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
isMajorReservoirOn Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River ⓘ
surface form: Rio Grande in New Mexico
locatedIn New Mexico ⓘ
Sierra County, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Rio Grande ⓘ
managingAgency Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
surface form: United States Bureau of Reclamation
namedAfter Elephant Butte Reservoir self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Elephant Butte
near Elephant Butte, New Mexico ⓘ
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico ⓘ
opened 1916 ⓘ
operator Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
surface form: United States Bureau of Reclamation
partOf Elephant Butte Reservoir self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Elephant Butte Lake State Park
partOfProject Rio Grande Project ⓘ
primaryInflows Rio Grande ⓘ
primaryOutflows Rio Grande ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation water storage ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
region southern New Mexico ⓘ
state New Mexico ⓘ
surfaceElevation approximately 1,350 meters above sea level ⓘ
usedFor boating ⓘ
camping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
swimming ⓘ
water sports ⓘ
waterbodyType reservoir ⓘ
waterSourceFor irrigation districts in southern New Mexico ⓘ
irrigation districts in west Texas ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Sierra County, New Mexico → contains → Elephant Butte Reservoir ⓘ
Sierra County, New Mexico → contains → Elephant Butte Reservoir ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elephant Butte Lake State Park
Sierra County, New Mexico → knownFor → Elephant Butte Reservoir ⓘ
Sierra County, New Mexico → hasRecreationalArea → Elephant Butte Reservoir ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elephant Butte Lake State Park
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico → near → Elephant Butte Reservoir ⓘ
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico → near → Elephant Butte Reservoir ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elephant Butte Lake State Park
Elephant Butte, New Mexico → near → Elephant Butte Reservoir ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elephant Butte Lake
Elephant Butte, New Mexico → near → Elephant Butte Reservoir ⓘ
Elephant Butte, New Mexico → hasNearbyProtectedArea → Elephant Butte Reservoir ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elephant Butte Lake State Park
Elephant Butte, New Mexico → hasNearbyInfrastructure → Elephant Butte Reservoir ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elephant Butte Dam
Elephant Butte Reservoir → partOf → Elephant Butte Reservoir self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elephant Butte Lake State Park
Elephant Butte Reservoir → namedAfter → Elephant Butte Reservoir self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elephant Butte
Elephant Butte Reservoir → hasRecreationArea → Elephant Butte Reservoir self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elephant Butte Lake State Park