Cheruthoni Dam

E848415

concrete gravity dam hydroelectric dam

Cheruthoni Dam is a major concrete gravity dam in Kerala, India, forming part of the Idukki Hydroelectric Project and helping create one of the largest artificial lakes in the state.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Cheruthoni Dam canonical	3
Idukki Reservoir	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	concrete gravity dam ⓘ hydroelectric dam ⓘ
access	road access from Cheruthoni town ⓘ
basinCountry	India ⓘ
connectedTo	Idukki Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ Kulamavu Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionBegan	1969 ⓘ
constructionMaterial	concrete ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
creates	Idukki Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ one of the largest artificial lakes in Kerala ⓘ
damType	gravity ⓘ
designedFor	peak load power supply in Kerala grid ⓘ
floodEventYear	2018 ⓘ
formsPartOf	Periyar river system NERFINISHED ⓘ
formsReservoirWith	Idukki Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ Kulamavu Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
height	138.2 metres ⓘ
impact	submergence of valleys in Idukki district ⓘ
length	650.9 metres ⓘ
locatedIn	Idukki district NERFINISHED ⓘ Kerala NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange	Western Ghats NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy	Kerala State Electricity Board Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Cheruthoni town ⓘ Idukki town NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearProtectedArea	Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	major controlled spill during 2018 Kerala floods ⓘ
numberOfSpillwayGates	5 ⓘ
opened	1976 ⓘ
operator	Kerala State Electricity Board NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy	Government of Kerala NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Idukki Hydroelectric Project NERFINISHED ⓘ
projectInstalledCapacity	780 MW (Idukki Hydroelectric Project) NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	flood control ⓘ hydroelectric power generation ⓘ water storage ⓘ
region	Central Kerala NERFINISHED ⓘ
reservoirName	Idukki Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea	60 square kilometres ⓘ
reservoirTotalCapacity	1996 million cubic metres ⓘ
riverCrossed	Cheruthoni River NERFINISHED ⓘ
safetyRegulationAuthority	Central Water Commission of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
spillwayType	gated overflow spillway ⓘ
state	Kerala NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	operational ⓘ
tourism	popular viewpoint for Idukki Reservoir ⓘ
watercourse	Periyar River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Idukki district → contains → Cheruthoni Dam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Idukki Reservoir

Idukki district → hasNotableStructure → Cheruthoni Dam ⓘ

Periyar River → hasDam → Cheruthoni Dam ⓘ

Periyar River → hasReservoir → Cheruthoni Dam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Idukki Reservoir