Tarbela Dam

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dam earth-fill dam hydroelectric power station

Tarbela Dam is one of the world’s largest earth-filled dams, located in Pakistan and serving as a major source of hydroelectric power and irrigation water.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Tarbela Dam canonical 5
Tarbela Lake 2
Tarbela 4th Extension Hydropower Project 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dam ⓘ
earth-fill dam ⓘ
hydroelectric power station ⓘ
basinCountry Pakistan ⓘ
benefits agricultural irrigation ⓘ
electricity supply ⓘ
flood mitigation ⓘ
connectedTo Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: Pakistan national grid
constructionMaterial earth ⓘ
rock-fill ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1968 ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
crosses Indus River ⓘ
damType earth-fill ⓘ
embankment ⓘ
designedFor multi-purpose water resource development ⓘ
expansionProject Tarbela Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tarbela 4th Extension Hydropower Project

Tarbela Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tarbela 5th Extension Hydropower Project
fundedBy World Bank ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height approximately 143 meters ⓘ
impact resettlement of local population ⓘ
sedimentation in reservoir ⓘ
installedCapacity over 4,800 megawatts ⓘ
length approximately 2,743 meters ⓘ
locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Indus River ⓘ
nearCity Haripur ⓘ
Swabi ⓘ
notableFeature among the largest man-made reservoirs in Pakistan ⓘ
openingDate 1976 ⓘ
operator Water and Power Development Authority ⓘ
owner Water and Power Development Authority ⓘ
partOf Indus Basin irrigation system ⓘ
projectName Tarbela Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tarbela Dam Project
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation water supply ⓘ
rankByStructure one of the world’s largest earth-filled dams ⓘ
region Haripur District ⓘ
Swabi ⓘ
surface form: Swabi District
reservoirName Tarbela Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tarbela Lake
reservoirTotalCapacity approximately 11.6 cubic kilometers ⓘ
waterSourceFor irrigation canals in Punjab ⓘ
irrigation canals in Sindh ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Indus River → hasDam → Tarbela Dam ⓘ
Swabi → hasNearbyInfrastructure → Tarbela Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tarbela Dam region
Tarbela Dam → reservoirName → Tarbela Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tarbela Lake
Tarbela Dam → projectName → Tarbela Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tarbela Dam Project
Tarbela Dam → expansionProject → Tarbela Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tarbela 4th Extension Hydropower Project
Tarbela Dam → expansionProject → Tarbela Dam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tarbela 5th Extension Hydropower Project
Topi → near → Tarbela Dam ⓘ
Haro River → flowsInto → Tarbela Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tarbela Reservoir
Water and Power Development Authority → owns → Tarbela Dam ⓘ
Water and Power Development Authority → operates → Tarbela Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tarbela Hydropower Station
Haripur District → contains → Tarbela Dam ⓘ
Haripur District → knownFor → Tarbela Dam ⓘ
Haripur District → hasInfrastructure → Tarbela Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tarbela Dam power complex
Haripur District → hasTouristAttraction → Tarbela Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tarbela Lake