Khashm el-Girba Dam
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Khashm el-Girba Dam is a major embankment dam in eastern Sudan that provides irrigation water, hydroelectric power, and flood control along the Atbara River.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Khashm el-Girba Dam canonical | 2 |
| Khashm el-Girba Reservoir | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1740278 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Khashm el-Girba Dam Context triple: [Atbara River, hasDam, Khashm el-Girba Dam]
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A.
Tabqa Dam
Tabqa Dam is a major hydroelectric and irrigation dam on the Euphrates River in northern Syria, forming Lake Assad and playing a key role in the country’s water and power supply.
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B.
Sennar Dam
Sennar Dam is a major early-20th-century irrigation and hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile in Sudan, crucial for agricultural development in the Gezira region.
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C.
Aswan High Dam
The Aswan High Dam is a massive embankment dam on the Nile River in southern Egypt, built in the 1960s to control flooding, provide hydroelectric power, and improve irrigation, while also causing the creation of Lake Nasser and the displacement of communities and archaeological sites in Nubia.
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D.
Assiut Barrage on the Nile
The Assiut Barrage on the Nile is a major irrigation and water-control structure in Upper Egypt that regulates river flow and supports agriculture around the city of Assiut.
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E.
Keban Dam
Keban Dam is a major hydroelectric and flood-control dam in eastern Turkey that forms one of the largest reservoirs on the Euphrates River.
- 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: Khashm el-Girba Dam Target entity description: Khashm el-Girba Dam is a major embankment dam in eastern Sudan that provides irrigation water, hydroelectric power, and flood control along the Atbara River.
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A.
Tabqa Dam
Tabqa Dam is a major hydroelectric and irrigation dam on the Euphrates River in northern Syria, forming Lake Assad and playing a key role in the country’s water and power supply.
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B.
Sennar Dam
Sennar Dam is a major early-20th-century irrigation and hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile in Sudan, crucial for agricultural development in the Gezira region.
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C.
Aswan High Dam
The Aswan High Dam is a massive embankment dam on the Nile River in southern Egypt, built in the 1960s to control flooding, provide hydroelectric power, and improve irrigation, while also causing the creation of Lake Nasser and the displacement of communities and archaeological sites in Nubia.
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D.
Assiut Barrage on the Nile
The Assiut Barrage on the Nile is a major irrigation and water-control structure in Upper Egypt that regulates river flow and supports agriculture around the city of Assiut.
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E.
Keban Dam
Keban Dam is a major hydroelectric and flood-control dam in eastern Turkey that forms one of the largest reservoirs on the Euphrates River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
embankment dam
ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ irrigation dam ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Sudan ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | 1959 ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | earth and rock-fill ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Sudan ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Kassala State, Sudan ⓘ |
| damHeight | 47 metres ⓘ |
| damLength | 1250 metres ⓘ |
| damType | earth-fill embankment ⓘ |
| designedFor |
cotton cultivation irrigation
ⓘ
groundnut cultivation irrigation ⓘ sorghum cultivation irrigation ⓘ |
| downstreamRiver | Atbara River ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
flood regulation
ⓘ
hydropower generation ⓘ irrigation water supply ⓘ |
| impact |
enables large-scale irrigated agriculture
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reduces downstream flooding ⓘ Atbara River ⓘ
surface form:
regulates flow of Atbara River
|
| installedCapacity | 12.8 megawatts ⓘ |
| locatedIn | eastern Sudan ⓘ |
| locatedInDrainageBasin | Nile Basin ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Atbara River ⓘ |
| nearCity | Khashm el-Girba ⓘ |
| numberOfTurbines | 4 ⓘ |
| openingYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| operator | Government of Sudan ⓘ |
| plantCommissioned | 1964 ⓘ |
| plantType | run-of-river hydroelectric plant ⓘ |
| primaryUse | irrigation for New Halfa agricultural scheme ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood control
ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ irrigation ⓘ |
| region |
Kassala
ⓘ
surface form:
Kassala State
|
| reservoirCapacity | 1300000000 cubic metres ⓘ |
| reservoirFunction | water storage for dry season irrigation ⓘ |
| reservoirName |
Khashm el-Girba Dam
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Khashm el-Girba Reservoir
Lake Khashm el-Girba ⓘ |
| reservoirSurfaceArea | 1250 square kilometres ⓘ |
| riverCrossed | Atbara River ⓘ |
| spillwayType | gated overflow spillway ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| supportsIrrigationScheme | New Halfa irrigation scheme ⓘ |
| turbineType | Kaplan turbine ⓘ |
| upstreamFrom | confluence of Atbara River with Nile ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Khashm el-Girba Dam Description of subject: Khashm el-Girba Dam is a major embankment dam in eastern Sudan that provides irrigation water, hydroelectric power, and flood control along the Atbara River.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Khashm el-Girba Reservoir