Gatun Lake

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artificial lake reservoir

Gatun Lake is a large artificial freshwater lake in central Panama that forms a major part of the Panama Canal’s shipping route across the Isthmus of Panama.

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artificial lake →
reservoir →
area 164 square miles →
425 square kilometers →
basinCountry Panama →
constructionStartDate 1907 →
country Panama →
createdFor Panama Canal navigation →
flood control →
hydroelectric power generation →
water supply for canal locks →
crosses Isthmus of Panama →
elevationAboveSeaLevel 26 meters →
85 feet →
formedBy Gatun Dam →
forms major part of the Panama Canal shipping route →
hasIsland Barro Colorado Island →
Isla Peña Blanca →
Isla Tigre →
hasNavigationChannel Gaillard Cut →
hasWildlife crocodiles →
monkeys →
sloths →
toucans →
inception 1913 →
locatedIn Colón Province →
Isthmus of Panama →
Panama Canal Zone (historical) →
surface form: Panama Canal Zone
locatedInProtectedArea Barro Colorado Island →
surface form: Barro Colorado Nature Monument
locatedNear Gamboa →
Gatun Dam →
locatedOnRiver Chagres River →
lockSystemSupplied Gatun Locks →
Miraflores Locks →
Pedro Miguel Locks →
managedBy Panama Canal Authority →
maximumDepth 26 meters →
nearbyCity Colón →
Panama City →
openingDate 1914 →
partOf Panama Canal →
Panama Canal →
surface form: Panama Canal watershed
region Panamá Province →
surface form: Central Panama
usedFor commercial shipping →
ecotourism →
recreational fishing →
tourism →
wasLargestArtificialLakeAtTimeOfCompletion true →
waterBodyType freshwater lake →

Referenced by (4)

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

Panamá Province → hasMajorLake → Gatun Lake →
subject surface form: Panama Canal Zone
Panama Canal → hasWaterBody → Gatun Lake →
Pedro Miguel Locks → waterSource → Gatun Lake →