Guddu Barrage

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barrage flood-control structure irrigation structure

Guddu Barrage is a major irrigation and flood-control structure on the Indus River in Pakistan, crucial for distributing water to agricultural lands in Sindh and Balochistan.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Guddu Barrage canonical 8
Guddu Barrage canals system 1
Guddu Barrage irrigation network 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf barrage ⓘ
flood-control structure ⓘ
irrigation structure ⓘ
basinCountry Pakistan ⓘ
connectsTransportRoute road across Indus River at Guddu ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1957 ⓘ
coordinatesApprox 28.43°N 69.69°E ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
designedBy A. A. Binnie and Partners ⓘ
designedFloodDischarge approximately 1.2 million cusecs ⓘ
feedsCanal Ghotki Feeder Canal ⓘ
surface form: Begari Canal

Desert Pat Feeder Canal ⓘ
Ghotki Feeder Canal ⓘ
Ghotki Feeder Canal ⓘ
surface form: Kirthar Canal
fundedBy World Bank ⓘ
surface form: World Bank (rehabilitation project)
hasHydropowerPlant Guddu Thermal Power Station vicinity ⓘ
hasNavigationLock yes ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
helpsProtectFrom Indus River floods ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1962 ⓘ
length approximately 1355 metres ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Sindh ⓘ
locatedInCountrySubdivision Sindh ⓘ
surface form: Sindh, Pakistan
locatedInRegion Sindh ⓘ
surface form: Upper Sindh
locatedNearBorderWith Balochistan, Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: Balochistan

Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ
locatedNearCity Kashmore ⓘ
locatedNearTown Guddu ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Indus River ⓘ
mainFunction distribution of Indus River water to irrigation canals ⓘ
managingAuthority Irrigation Department of Sindh ⓘ
surface form: Sindh Irrigation Department
namedAfter nearby Guddu area ⓘ
numberOfSpans 64 ⓘ
opened 1962 ⓘ
operator Government of Sindh ⓘ
partOf Indus Basin irrigation system ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydropower generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
water regulation ⓘ
riverCrossed Indus River ⓘ
servesProvince Balochistan, Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: Balochistan

Sindh ⓘ
significance key control point for Indus River flows into lower Sindh ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
structureType gate-controlled weir ⓘ
supportsAgricultureIn Balochistan, Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: Balochistan

Sindh ⓘ
underwentRehabilitation 2010s ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Indus River → hasDam → Guddu Barrage ⓘ
Kotri Barrage → locatedDownstreamOf → Guddu Barrage ⓘ
Ghotki Feeder Canal → intakeStructure → Guddu Barrage ⓘ
Ghotki Feeder Canal → startsFrom → Guddu Barrage ⓘ
Ghotki Feeder Canal → partOf → Guddu Barrage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guddu Barrage irrigation network
Ghotki Feeder Canal → isFedBy → Guddu Barrage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guddu Barrage canals system
Kashmore → locatedNear → Guddu Barrage ⓘ
Kashmore → hasNearbyInfrastructure → Guddu Barrage ⓘ
Guddu → near → Guddu Barrage ⓘ
Desert Pat Feeder Canal → source → Guddu Barrage ⓘ