Owen Falls Dam
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Owen Falls Dam is a major hydroelectric power station on the White Nile in Uganda, crucial for the country’s electricity supply and regional power generation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Owen Falls Dam canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11086294 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Owen Falls Dam Context triple: [Jinja, nearbyInfrastructure, Owen Falls Dam]
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Norris Dam
Norris Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River in eastern Tennessee, notable as TVA’s first major dam project and a key component of regional flood control and power generation.
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Croton Falls Dam
Croton Falls Dam is a masonry gravity dam in Westchester County, New York, that forms the Croton Falls Reservoir as part of New York City’s water supply system.
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Hinckley Dam
Hinckley Dam is a large reservoir dam in upstate New York that impounds West Canada Creek to provide water supply, flood control, and recreation for the surrounding region.
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D.
Faraday Dam
Faraday Dam is a hydroelectric dam located on the Clackamas River in Oregon, used for power generation and river flow management.
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Brunswick Dam
Brunswick Dam is a hydroelectric dam located on the Androscoggin River in Brunswick, Maine, used primarily for power generation and river flow management.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Owen Falls Dam Target entity description: Owen Falls Dam is a major hydroelectric power station on the White Nile in Uganda, crucial for the country’s electricity supply and regional power generation.
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A.
Norris Dam
Norris Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River in eastern Tennessee, notable as TVA’s first major dam project and a key component of regional flood control and power generation.
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B.
Croton Falls Dam
Croton Falls Dam is a masonry gravity dam in Westchester County, New York, that forms the Croton Falls Reservoir as part of New York City’s water supply system.
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C.
Hinckley Dam
Hinckley Dam is a large reservoir dam in upstate New York that impounds West Canada Creek to provide water supply, flood control, and recreation for the surrounding region.
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D.
Faraday Dam
Faraday Dam is a hydroelectric dam located on the Clackamas River in Oregon, used for power generation and river flow management.
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E.
Brunswick Dam
Brunswick Dam is a hydroelectric dam located on the Androscoggin River in Brunswick, Maine, used primarily for power generation and river flow management.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gravity dam
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hydroelectric power station ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Nalubaale Dam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtBy | Morrison–Knudsen International NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioningDate | 1954 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1947 ⓘ |
| constructionType | concrete gravity dam ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Uganda ⓘ |
| designedBy | Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceFromCapital | about 80 kilometres east of Kampala ⓘ |
| downstreamFrom | Nalubaale Power Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevation | about 1134 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| fundedBy | British colonial administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingTreaty | Agreed Curve for Lake Victoria outflows NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gridConnection | Uganda national grid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReservoir | Lake Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor | Kiira Power Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-World War II infrastructure project ⓘ |
| impact |
major source of electricity for Uganda
ⓘ
supports regional power exports ⓘ |
| inflow | Lake Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| installedCapacity | 180 megawatts ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eastern Region, Uganda
NERFINISHED
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Jinja District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInBasin | Nile Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Jinja
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lake Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | White Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyPowerStation | Kiira Power Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfTurbines | 10 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1954 ⓘ |
| operator | Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Government of Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Nile River hydropower system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
power generation
ⓘ
regulation of Lake Victoria outflow ⓘ |
| regionServed |
East Africa
ⓘ
Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaced | Ripon Falls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spillway | gated spillway ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| submerged | Ripon Falls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| turbineType | Kaplan turbine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterSource | Lake Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Owen Falls Dam Description of subject: Owen Falls Dam is a major hydroelectric power station on the White Nile in Uganda, crucial for the country’s electricity supply and regional power generation.
Referenced by (4)
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