Kotri Barrage

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Kotri Barrage is a major irrigation and flood-control structure on the Indus River in Pakistan, crucial for regulating water distribution to the lower Indus basin.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf barrage
flood-control structure
irrigation structure
administrativeTerritory Sindh Province NERFINISHED
basin Lower Indus Basin
constructionStartDate 1948
controlsFlowTo Arabian Sea
country Pakistan
crosses Indus River NERFINISHED
designedBy British engineers
divertsWaterTo canal irrigation system in Sindh
downstreamImpact Indus Delta ecology
engineeringClassification major barrage
hasFunction distribution of canal water
regulation of seasonal river flows
hasInfrastructureType hydraulic engineering structure
helpsProtect downstream settlements from floods
inception 1955
locatedDownstreamOf Guddu Barrage
Sukkur Barrage
locatedIn Kotri Taluka
locatedInContinent Asia
locatedInRegion Sindh
locatedNearCity Hyderabad, Sindh
Kotri
locatedOnRiver Indus River
locatedUpstreamOf Indus River Delta
managesWaterDistributionTo lower Indus basin
nearbyMajorCity Hyderabad, Sindh
numberOfGates 44
openingDate 1955
operatedBy Irrigation Department of Sindh
ownedBy Government of Pakistan
partOf Indus River irrigation system
playsRoleIn Indus Basin Irrigation System
purpose flood control
irrigation
water regulation
riverSystem Indus River system NERFINISHED
significance key control point for Indus River flows to the sea
major irrigation infrastructure of Pakistan
structureType concrete weir and gated barrage
supports agricultural irrigation in Sindh
usedFor mitigating flood peaks in lower Indus
supplying water to agricultural lands in lower Sindh
waterSource Indus River NERFINISHED

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Indus River
hasDam

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