Victoria Dam
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Victoria Dam is a major hydroelectric and irrigation dam in Sri Lanka, forming part of the Mahaweli Development Programme and creating the Victoria Reservoir on the Mahaweli River.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Victoria Dam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5887605 — 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: Victoria Dam Context triple: [Mahaweli River, hasDam, Victoria Dam]
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A.
Eucumbene Dam
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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B.
Moondarra Dam
Moondarra Dam is a major water storage and irrigation structure in Queensland, Australia, built to supply water to the nearby city of Mount Isa and its mining operations.
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C.
Talbingo Dam
Talbingo Dam is a major rockfill embankment dam in New South Wales, Australia, forming part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme and creating Talbingo Reservoir for hydroelectric power generation and water storage.
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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.
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.
- 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: Victoria Dam Target entity description: Victoria Dam is a major hydroelectric and irrigation dam in Sri Lanka, forming part of the Mahaweli Development Programme and creating the Victoria Reservoir on the Mahaweli River.
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A.
Eucumbene Dam
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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B.
Moondarra Dam
Moondarra Dam is a major water storage and irrigation structure in Queensland, Australia, built to supply water to the nearby city of Mount Isa and its mining operations.
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C.
Talbingo Dam
Talbingo Dam is a major rockfill embankment dam in New South Wales, Australia, forming part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme and creating Talbingo Reservoir for hydroelectric power generation and water storage.
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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.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arch dam
ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ irrigation dam ⓘ |
| annualGeneration | approximately 970 GWh ⓘ |
| constructionMethod | roller-compacted concrete and conventional concrete ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1978 ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| createsReservoir | Victoria Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crosses | Mahaweli River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
United Kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAccessRoadFrom | Kandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height | approximately 122 m ⓘ |
| impact |
expansion of irrigated agriculture in dry zone
ⓘ
increased hydropower share in Sri Lanka’s electricity mix ⓘ resettlement of local communities ⓘ |
| inauguratedBy | J. R. Jayewardene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| installedCapacity | 210 MW ⓘ |
| isMajorComponentOf | Mahaweli Project System C NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | approximately 520 m ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Central Province, Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Teldeniya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Queen Victoria ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the tallest dams in Sri Lanka
ⓘ
largest hydroelectric power station in Sri Lanka at commissioning ⓘ |
| numberOfTurbines | 3 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1985 ⓘ |
| operator | Ceylon Electricity Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Government of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mahaweli Development Programme
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mahaweli Ganga Hydropower Complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plantName | Victoria Hydropower Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plantType | conventional hydroelectric power plant ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood control
ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ irrigation ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Victoria Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservoirSurfaceArea | approximately 22.7 km² ⓘ |
| reservoirTotalCapacity | approximately 722 million m³ ⓘ |
| riverBasin | Mahaweli River Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spillwayGates | 3 ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| turbineType | Francis turbine ⓘ |
| typeOfSpillway | gated overflow spillway ⓘ |
| upstreamFrom |
Randenigala Dam
NERFINISHED
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Rantembe Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Victoria Dam Description of subject: Victoria Dam is a major hydroelectric and irrigation dam in Sri Lanka, forming part of the Mahaweli Development Programme and creating the Victoria Reservoir on the Mahaweli River.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.