Mettur Dam

E64962

dam gravity dam masonry dam

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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Mettur Dam canonical	12
Mettur Hydroelectric Power Station	3
Mettur Dam park	1
Mettur Reservoir	1

Statements (48)

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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ 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 ⓘ surface form: Kaveri River
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 ⓘ 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 (17)

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

Kaveri → hasDam → Mettur Dam ⓘ

Mettur Dam → hasHydroelectricPlant → Mettur Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mettur Hydroelectric Power Station

Hogenakkal Falls → nearbyAttraction → Mettur Dam ⓘ

Salem district → near → Mettur Dam ⓘ

Mettur → knownFor → Mettur Dam ⓘ

Mettur → hasDam → Mettur Dam ⓘ

Mettur → near → Mettur Dam ⓘ

Mettur → hasTouristAttraction → Mettur Dam ⓘ

Mettur → namedFor → Mettur Dam ⓘ

Mettur → hasRiverCrossing → Mettur Dam ⓘ

Stanley Reservoir → alsoKnownAs → Mettur Dam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mettur Reservoir

Stanley Reservoir → associatedWithDam → Mettur Dam ⓘ

Stanley Reservoir → hasHydroelectricPlant → Mettur Dam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mettur Hydroelectric Power Station

Stanley Reservoir → associatedStructure → Mettur Dam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mettur Dam park

Stanley Reservoir → locatedNear → Mettur Dam ⓘ

Stanley Reservoir Dam → alsoKnownAs → Mettur Dam ⓘ

Stanley Reservoir Dam → hasHydroelectricPlant → Mettur Dam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mettur Hydroelectric Power Station