Columbia River hydropower system

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hydropower system infrastructure network

The Columbia River hydropower system is an extensive network of dams and generating facilities that provides a major share of the Pacific Northwest’s electricity while also supporting irrigation, navigation, and flood control.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hydropower system → infrastructure network →
energyType	renewable energy →
hasComponent	reservoirs → spillways → transmission lines → turbines →
hasFunction	base-load power supply → peaking power supply →
hasImpactOn	salmon populations → steelhead populations →
includesFacility	Bonneville Dam → Boundary Dam → Brownlee Dam → Chief Joseph Dam → Chief Joseph Dam Powerhouse → Duncan Dam → Dworshak Dam NERFINISHED → Grand Coulee Dam → Grand Coulee Third Powerplant → Hells Canyon Dam NERFINISHED → Hungry Horse Dam → Ice Harbor Dam → John Day Dam → Keenleyside Dam → Libby Dam → Little Goose Dam → Lower Granite Dam → Lower Monumental Dam → McNary Dam → Mica Dam → Oxbow Dam NERFINISHED → Priest Rapids Dam → Revelstoke Dam → Rock Island Dam → Rocky Reach Dam → The Dalles Dam → Wanapum Dam →
locatedIn	Canada → Columbia River Basin → Pacific Northwest → United States →
managedBy	BC Hydro → Bonneville Power Administration → U.S. Army Corps of Engineers → U.S. Bureau of Reclamation →
primaryRiver	Columbia River →
regulatedBy	Columbia River Treaty → Northwest Power Act →
servesRegion	British Columbia → Idaho → Montana → Oregon → Washington →
supportsUse	electricity generation → fish passage → flood control → irrigation → navigation → recreation →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bonneville Dam ("Federal Columbia River Power System") → Bonneville Dam vicinity on the Columbia River ("Federal Columbia River Power System") → Chief Joseph Dam → McNary Dam ("Federal Columbia River Power System") → The Dalles Dam →	partOf
Columbia River →	hydroelectricSystem
Richland, Washington ("Columbia River hydroelectric system") →	riverFeature