Osman Sagar

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artificial lake reservoir

Osman Sagar is an artificial lake and reservoir near Hyderabad, India, created by damming the Musi River and serving as a major source of drinking water and recreation for the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artificial lake ⓘ
reservoir ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gandipet Lake ⓘ
basinCountry India ⓘ
cityServed Hyderabad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Secunderabad NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1912 ⓘ
country India ⓘ
creator Hyderabad State ⓘ
surface form: Nizam of Hyderabad
environmentalIssue declining water levels ⓘ
encroachment concerns ⓘ
pollution risk ⓘ
floodEventMotivation 1908 Musi River floods ⓘ
hasDamType earthen dam ⓘ
hasPart Osman Sagar Dam ⓘ
hasRecreationalActivity bird watching ⓘ
photography ⓘ
walking ⓘ
hasRecreationalFacility children’s play areas ⓘ
gardens ⓘ
guest houses ⓘ
hasTouristAttraction public parks ⓘ
resorts ⓘ
viewpoints ⓘ
hasUse boating ⓘ
picnicking ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
inception 1920 ⓘ
locatedIn Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Hyderabad ⓘ
Telangana ⓘ
locatedNear Gandipet ⓘ
Hyderabad ⓘ
surface form: Hyderabad metropolitan area

Ranga Reddy district ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Musi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy Government of Telangana ⓘ
namedAfter Mir Osman Ali Khan ⓘ
nearbyAttraction Himayat Sagar ⓘ
partOf Hyderabad water supply system ⓘ
previouslyManagedBy Government of Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
purpose drinking water supply ⓘ
flood control ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
region South India ⓘ
waterSupplierFor Hyderabad ⓘ
Secunderabad NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Musi River → hasDam → Osman Sagar ⓘ
Hyderabad → hasLake → Osman Sagar ⓘ
Himayat Sagar → nearbyWaterBody → Osman Sagar ⓘ