Bendora Dam
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Bendora Dam is a concrete arch dam in the Australian Capital Territory that supplies water to Canberra as part of the Cotter River catchment system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bendora Dam canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6559483 — 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: Bendora Dam Context triple: [Cotter River, hasDam, Bendora Dam]
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A.
Moondarra Dam
Moondarra Dam is a major water storage and irrigation structure in Queensland, Australia, built to supply water to the nearby city of Mount Isa and its mining operations.
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B.
Roxburgh Dam
Roxburgh Dam is a major hydroelectric power station in New Zealand’s South Island, known for harnessing the Clutha River / Mata-Au to generate electricity.
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C.
O’Sullivan Dam
O’Sullivan Dam is a major earth-fill dam in central Washington State that forms Potholes Reservoir and plays a key role in irrigation and water management for the Columbia Basin Project.
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D.
Canning Dam
Canning Dam is a major water supply reservoir and dam in Western Australia that provides drinking water to the Perth metropolitan area.
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E.
Brownlee Dam
Brownlee Dam is a major hydroelectric dam on the Snake River in the western United States, forming Brownlee Reservoir and playing a key role in regional power generation and water 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: Bendora Dam Target entity description: Bendora Dam is a concrete arch dam in the Australian Capital Territory that supplies water to Canberra as part of the Cotter River catchment system.
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A.
Moondarra Dam
Moondarra Dam is a major water storage and irrigation structure in Queensland, Australia, built to supply water to the nearby city of Mount Isa and its mining operations.
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B.
Roxburgh Dam
Roxburgh Dam is a major hydroelectric power station in New Zealand’s South Island, known for harnessing the Clutha River / Mata-Au to generate electricity.
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C.
O’Sullivan Dam
O’Sullivan Dam is a major earth-fill dam in central Washington State that forms Potholes Reservoir and plays a key role in irrigation and water management for the Columbia Basin Project.
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D.
Canning Dam
Canning Dam is a major water supply reservoir and dam in Western Australia that provides drinking water to the Perth metropolitan area.
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E.
Brownlee Dam
Brownlee Dam is a major hydroelectric dam on the Snake River in the western United States, forming Brownlee Reservoir and playing a key role in regional power generation and water management.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concrete arch dam
ⓘ
dam ⓘ |
| accessRestricted | true ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catchmentArea | 290 square kilometres ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1960 ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| designedFor | urban water supply ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
regulation of river flow
ⓘ
storage of potable water ⓘ |
| hasSpillway | uncontrolled ogee crest spillway ⓘ |
| height | 47.2 metres ⓘ |
| length | 174 metres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Australian Capital Territory (enclaved within) (geographical context)
ⓘ
surface form:
Australian Capital Territory
|
| locatedInProtectedArea | Namadgi National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRiverSystem | Murrumbidgee River system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Cotter Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Cotter River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedUpstreamOf |
Canberra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cotter Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managingAuthority | Icon Water NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Bendora area in ACT ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1961 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Australian Capital Territory Government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Cotter River catchment system ⓘ |
| purpose | water supply ⓘ |
| region | South West Slopes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservoirCapacity | 1187000 megalitres ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Bendora Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spillwayType |
ogee crest
ⓘ
uncontrolled ⓘ |
| suppliesWaterTo | Canberra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfDam | thin concrete arch dam ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bendora Dam Description of subject: Bendora Dam is a concrete arch dam in the Australian Capital Territory that supplies water to Canberra as part of the Cotter River catchment system.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.