Columbia Basin Project

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hydroelectric development project irrigation project water resources development project

The Columbia Basin Project is a large-scale irrigation and hydroelectric development in central Washington State that distributes water and power from the Grand Coulee Dam to support agriculture, industry, and communities across the region.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Columbia Basin Project canonical 14
Columbia Basin irrigation canals 2
Columbia Basin irrigation system 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric development project ⓘ
irrigation project ⓘ
water resources development project ⓘ
benefits regional economic growth ⓘ
rural community development ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1933 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developedBy Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
enablingDamOwner Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
environmentalImpact alteration of natural river flows ⓘ
changes in local ecosystems ⓘ
hasComponent Banks Lake ⓘ
Dry Falls Dam ⓘ
East Low Canal ⓘ
Main Canal ⓘ
North Dam ⓘ
O’Sullivan Dam ⓘ
Potholes Reservoir ⓘ
East Low Canal ⓘ
surface form: West Canal

numerous lateral canals ⓘ
irrigatedArea more than 600,000 acres ⓘ
locatedIn Columbia Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Columbia Basin

central Washington State ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Adams County, Washington ⓘ
Douglas County, Washington ⓘ
Franklin County, Washington ⓘ
Grant County, Washington ⓘ
Lincoln County, Washington ⓘ
Washington State, United States ⓘ
surface form: State of Washington
mainDam Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
majorExpansionPeriod 1940s ⓘ
1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
operator Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
plannedIrrigatedArea about 1,100,000 acres ⓘ
powerDistributionFrom Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
municipal and industrial water supply ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
regionServed Columbia Plateau ⓘ
central Washington agricultural communities ⓘ
supportsIndustry agriculture ⓘ
dairy production ⓘ
food processing ⓘ
livestock production ⓘ
usesRiver Columbia River ⓘ
waterSource Columbia River at Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

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

Grand Coulee Dam → partOf → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
Grand Coulee Dam → governingLaw → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin Project Act
MWAK Company → associatedWith → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake → createdForProject → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
Potholes Reservoir → partOf → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
Potholes Reservoir → inflow → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin Project canals
Ephrata, Washington → locatedNearProject → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
USBR → manages → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Bureau of Reclamation
Klamath Project → partOf → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Reclamation projects
Yakima Project → relatedTo → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
East Low Canal → partOf → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
East Low Canal → regionServed → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin irrigation area
East Low Canal → partOf → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin reclamation system
Columbia River at Grand Coulee Dam → suppliesIrrigationWaterTo → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
Columbia River at Grand Coulee Dam → suppliesPowerTo → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
Columbia River at Grand Coulee Dam → waterIsDeliveredTo → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin irrigation canals
North Dam → partOf → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
North Dam → formsPartOf → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin Project reservoir and canal system
North Dam → partOf → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States federal reclamation projects
Dry Falls Dam → partOf → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
Dry Falls Dam → partOf → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin irrigation system
O’Sullivan Dam → partOf → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
O’Sullivan Dam → feedsIrrigationDistrict → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin irrigation areas
O’Sullivan Dam → waterSource → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia River via Columbia Basin Project canals
O’Sullivan Dam → regionServed → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin Project irrigation area
O’Sullivan Dam → engineeringProject → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin Project main works
Washington State Route 17 → parallelTo → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin irrigation canals
Grant County → hasFeature → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
subject surface form: Grant County, Washington
Grant County → waterSource → Columbia Basin Project ⓘ
subject surface form: Grant County, Washington
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin irrigation system