Nurek Dam
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Nurek Dam is a massive Soviet-era earth-fill embankment dam in Tajikistan, once the world’s tallest, built for hydroelectric power generation and irrigation on the Vakhsh River.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nurek Dam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6554777 — 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: Nurek Dam Context triple: [Vakhsh River, hasHydropowerDam, Nurek Dam]
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A.
Enguri Dam
Enguri Dam is a massive arch dam in western Georgia, notable as one of the tallest concrete arch dams in the world and a key source of hydroelectric power for the region.
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B.
Kok-Aral Dam
The Kok-Aral Dam is a hydraulic structure in Kazakhstan built to separate and raise water levels in the North Aral Sea, aiding in the partial ecological and economic recovery of the region.
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C.
Kinzua Dam
Kinzua Dam is a large U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood-control and hydroelectric dam in northwestern Pennsylvania that created the Allegheny Reservoir.
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D.
Tantangara Dam
Tantangara Dam is a major concrete gravity dam in New South Wales, Australia, built as part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme to store water for hydroelectric power generation and irrigation.
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E.
Lahontan Dam
Lahontan Dam is a large early-20th-century concrete gravity dam in western Nevada that creates Lahontan Reservoir for irrigation, flood control, and recreation.
- 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: Nurek Dam Target entity description: Nurek Dam is a massive Soviet-era earth-fill embankment dam in Tajikistan, once the world’s tallest, built for hydroelectric power generation and irrigation on the Vakhsh River.
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A.
Enguri Dam
Enguri Dam is a massive arch dam in western Georgia, notable as one of the tallest concrete arch dams in the world and a key source of hydroelectric power for the region.
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B.
Kok-Aral Dam
The Kok-Aral Dam is a hydraulic structure in Kazakhstan built to separate and raise water levels in the North Aral Sea, aiding in the partial ecological and economic recovery of the region.
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C.
Kinzua Dam
Kinzua Dam is a large U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood-control and hydroelectric dam in northwestern Pennsylvania that created the Allegheny Reservoir.
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D.
Tantangara Dam
Tantangara Dam is a major concrete gravity dam in New South Wales, Australia, built as part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme to store water for hydroelectric power generation and irrigation.
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E.
Lahontan Dam
Lahontan Dam is a large early-20th-century concrete gravity dam in western Nevada that creates Lahontan Reservoir for irrigation, flood control, and recreation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
embankment dam
ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ |
| baseWidth | 700 metres ⓘ |
| constructedBy | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionEndDate | 1980 ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial |
earth-fill
ⓘ
rock-fill ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1961 ⓘ |
| country | Tajikistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crestWidth | 20 metres ⓘ |
| damType | earth-fill embankment ⓘ |
| hasCoreType | central clay core ⓘ |
| hasSpillwayType | gated overflow ⓘ |
| height |
300 metres
ⓘ
984 feet ⓘ |
| installedCapacity | 3,000 megawatts ⓘ |
| latitude | 38.38 N ⓘ |
| length |
2,300 feet
ⓘ
700 metres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Khatlon Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nurek District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | city of Nurek ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Vakhsh River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedSoutheastOf | Dushanbe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| longitude | 69.35 E ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1972 ⓘ |
| operator | Barqi Tojik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Government of Tajikistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plantCommissioningEnd | 1979 ⓘ |
| plantCommissioningStart | 1972 ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose | hydroelectric power generation ⓘ |
| providesElectricityTo | Tajikistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Central Asia ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Nurek Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservoirSurfaceArea |
38 square miles
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98 square kilometres ⓘ |
| reservoirTotalCapacity |
10.5 cubic kilometres
ⓘ
8,500,000 acre feet ⓘ |
| riverCrossed | Vakhsh River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondaryPurpose | irrigation ⓘ |
| surpassedBy | Jinping-I Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| turbineCapacity | 335 megawatts ⓘ |
| turbineCount | 9 ⓘ |
| turbineType | Francis turbine ⓘ |
| usedForIrrigationIn |
Vakhsh Valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
cotton-growing regions of Tajikistan ⓘ |
| wasWorldTallestDam | true ⓘ |
| worldTallestDamFrom | 1972 ⓘ |
| worldTallestDamUntil | 2013 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nurek Dam Description of subject: Nurek Dam is a massive Soviet-era earth-fill embankment dam in Tajikistan, once the world’s tallest, built for hydroelectric power generation and irrigation on the Vakhsh River.
Referenced by (1)
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