Mettur Dam
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Mettur Dam is a major masonry dam in Tamil Nadu, India, built across the Kaveri River and known for its large reservoir and role in irrigation and power generation.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dam
→
gravity dam → masonry dam → |
| alsoKnownAs | Stanley Reservoir Dam → |
| basinCountry | India → |
| constructionPeriod | British colonial period → |
| constructionStartDate | 1925 → |
| country | India → |
| districtHeadquartersNearest | Salem → |
| downstreamCityBenefited | Tiruchirappalli → |
| downstreamRegionBenefited |
Kaveri River Delta
→
surface form: "Cauvery delta districts of Tamil Nadu"
|
| formsReservoir | Stanley Reservoir → |
| hasHydroelectricPlant |
Mettur Dam
→
surface form: "Mettur Hydroelectric Power Station"
|
| hasSpillway | yes → |
| height | approximately 65 meters → |
| inaugurationDate | 1934 → |
| length | approximately 1700 meters → |
| locatedIn |
Salem district
→
Tamil Nadu → |
| locatedNear | Mettur → |
| locatedOnRiver | Kaveri River NERFINISHED → |
| material |
concrete
→
masonry → |
| namedAfter | Sir George Frederick Stanley → |
| opened | 1934 → |
| operator |
Government of Tamil Nadu
→
Tamil Nadu Public Works Department → |
| powerGenerationType | hydroelectric → |
| purpose |
flood control
→
hydroelectric power generation → irrigation → water supply → |
| region | South India → |
| reservoirLocation | Mettur → |
| reservoirName | Stanley Reservoir → |
| reservoirState | Tamil Nadu → |
| riverBasin |
Kaveri
→
surface form: "Kaveri basin"
|
| significance |
important hydroelectric power source in Tamil Nadu
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major source of irrigation water for Tamil Nadu → one of the largest dams in India at the time of its completion → |
| spillwayType | gated spillway → |
| state | Tamil Nadu → |
| tourism | popular tourist attraction → |
| usedForIrrigationOf |
Kaveri River Delta
→
surface form: "Cauvery delta region"
parts of Erode district → parts of Namakkal district → parts of Salem district → |
| waterSource | Southwest monsoon rains in Kaveri basin → |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Mettur Hydroelectric Power Station"