New Melones Dam
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New Melones Dam is a large multipurpose reservoir and hydroelectric facility on the Stanislaus River in California, providing water storage, flood control, and power generation.
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Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concrete arch dam
→
hydroelectric facility → multipurpose dam → |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
|
| completedIn | 1979 → |
| constructionBegan | 1966 → |
| country |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
|
| crosses | Stanislaus River → |
| hasControversy |
environmental impacts on the Stanislaus River
→
inundation of whitewater recreation reaches → loss of historic and archaeological sites → |
| hasPowerPlant | yes → |
| hasPurpose |
flood control
→
hydroelectric power generation → irrigation supply → recreation → water storage → |
| hasSpillway | yes → |
| height |
about 191 meters
→
about 625 feet → |
| impounds |
New Melones Dam
→
surface form: "New Melones Lake"
|
| installedCapacity | about 300 megawatts → |
| length |
about 1,560 feet
→
about 475 meters → |
| locatedIn |
Calaveras County, California
NERFINISHED
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California, United States →
surface form: "California"
Tuolumne County, California NERFINISHED → |
| locatedOnRiver | Stanislaus River → |
| managedBy |
Bureau of Reclamation
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surface form: "United States Bureau of Reclamation"
|
| nearCity |
Angels Camp
→
surface form: "Angels Camp, California"
Sonora, California → |
| nearProtectedArea | Stanislaus River canyon → |
| openedIn | 1979 → |
| operator |
Bureau of Reclamation
→
surface form: "United States Bureau of Reclamation"
|
| ownedBy | United States government → |
| partOf |
Central Valley Project
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Stanislaus River →
surface form: "Stanislaus River watershed"
|
| powerPlantType | conventional hydroelectric power plant → |
| provides |
flood protection for downstream communities
→
recreational opportunities such as boating and fishing → water for irrigation in California’s Central Valley → |
| replaced | Old Melones Dam → |
| reservoirCapacity |
about 2,400,000 acre-feet
→
about 3.0 cubic kilometers → |
| reservoirName |
New Melones Dam
→
surface form: "New Melones Lake"
|
| reservoirSurfaceArea | about 12,500 acres → |
| spillwayType | gated overflow spillway → |
| usedFor | municipal and industrial water supply → |
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this entity surface form: "New Melones Lake"
subject surface form: "Columbia (California)"
this entity surface form: "New Melones Lake"
this entity surface form: "New Melones Lake"
this entity surface form: "New Melones Lake"
this entity surface form: "New Melones Lake"