Sukkur Barrage

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barrage flood-control structure irrigation structure

Sukkur Barrage is a major irrigation and flood-control structure in Pakistan that diverts the Indus River’s waters into one of the world’s largest canal systems, supporting agriculture across Sindh province.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Sukkur Barrage canonical 19
Sukkur Barrage irrigation system 2
Indus Basin Irrigation System 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf barrage ⓘ
flood-control structure ⓘ
irrigation structure ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lloyd Barrage ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1923 ⓘ
controlsFloodsIn Sindh ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
crosses Indus River ⓘ
designedBy Sir Arnold Musto ⓘ
designedDuring British India ⓘ
surface form: British Raj
divertsWaterTo Nara Canal ⓘ
surface form: Dadu Canal

Khairpur ⓘ
surface form: Khairpur Feeder East

Khairpur Feeder West ⓘ
Nara Canal ⓘ
North Western Canal ⓘ
Rice Canal ⓘ
Rohri Canal ⓘ
hasFunction distribution of irrigation water ⓘ
regulation of river flow ⓘ
hasMaterial concrete ⓘ
steel gates ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpans 66 ⓘ
hasSpanLength 18.3 metres ⓘ
60 feet ⓘ
hasType weir-type barrage ⓘ
heritageStatus important engineering landmark of British India ⓘ
historicalPeriod British colonial period ⓘ
surface form: British colonial era
inaugurationDate 1932 ⓘ
isKeyInfrastructureFor Indus River irrigation in Sindh ⓘ
locatedIn Sindh ⓘ
locatedInDistrict Sukkur District ⓘ
locatedNear Rohri ⓘ
Sukkur ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Indus River ⓘ
maintainedBy Irrigation Department of Sindh ⓘ
managesWaterOf Indus River ⓘ
namedAfter George Ambrose Lloyd ⓘ
notableFor one of the world’s largest canal irrigation networks ⓘ
opened 1932 ⓘ
operator Government of Sindh ⓘ
partOf Indus Basin irrigation system ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
water diversion ⓘ
regionServed central Sindh ⓘ
Sindh ⓘ
surface form: upper Sindh
supportsRegion Sindh ⓘ
surface form: Sindh province
supportsSector agriculture ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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

Indus River → hasDam → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ
Sutlej River → formsPartOf → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indus Basin Irrigation System
Kotri Barrage → locatedDownstreamOf → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ
Sukkur → hasLandmark → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ
Sukkur → knownFor → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sukkur Barrage irrigation system
Lansdowne Bridge → partOf → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indus River crossing infrastructure at Sukkur
Lloyd Barrage → alsoKnownAs → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ
Sir Arnold Musto → notableWork → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ
Sir Arnold Musto → notableProject → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sukkur Barrage irrigation scheme
Sir Arnold Musto → designed → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ
Rice Canal → source → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ
Rice Canal → startsAt → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ
Rice Canal → fedBy → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ
Rohri Canal → source → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ
Rohri Canal → connectedToStructure → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ
Khairpur Feeder West → headworks → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ
Khairpur Feeder West → startsFrom → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ
Khairpur Feeder West → partOfIrrigationSystem → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sukkur Barrage irrigation system
Khairpur Feeder West → usesInfrastructure → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ
Sukkur District → hasLandmark → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ
Sukkur District → hasIrrigationStructure → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ
North Western Canal → intakeStructure → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ
North Western Canal → feedsFrom → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ
North Western Canal → irrigationSystem → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sukkur Barrage irrigation network
North Western Canal → associatedWithStructure → Sukkur Barrage ⓘ