Cotter Dam
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Cotter Dam is a major water supply and flood control dam near Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory, forming part of the region’s primary drinking water storage system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cotter Dam canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6559482 — 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: Cotter Dam Context triple: [Cotter River, hasDam, Cotter Dam]
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A.
Gillespie Dam
Gillespie Dam is an early 20th-century concrete gravity dam on Arizona’s Gila River, historically used for irrigation and now noted as a local landmark and wildlife habitat area.
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B.
Parker Dam
Parker Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River best known for creating Lake Havasu and supplying water and hydroelectric power to parts of California and Arizona.
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C.
Howden Dam
Howden Dam is a large masonry dam in Derbyshire, England, forming part of the Upper Derwent Valley reservoir system and known for its impressive architecture and role in regional water supply.
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D.
McClure Dam
McClure Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Dead River in Michigan, forming McClure Basin and providing power and water management for the surrounding region.
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E.
Chatfield Dam
Chatfield Dam is a large flood-control and water-storage structure in Colorado that creates Chatfield Reservoir on the South Platte River near Denver.
- 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: Cotter Dam Target entity description: Cotter Dam is a major water supply and flood control dam near Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory, forming part of the region’s primary drinking water storage system.
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A.
Gillespie Dam
Gillespie Dam is an early 20th-century concrete gravity dam on Arizona’s Gila River, historically used for irrigation and now noted as a local landmark and wildlife habitat area.
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B.
Parker Dam
Parker Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River best known for creating Lake Havasu and supplying water and hydroelectric power to parts of California and Arizona.
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C.
Howden Dam
Howden Dam is a large masonry dam in Derbyshire, England, forming part of the Upper Derwent Valley reservoir system and known for its impressive architecture and role in regional water supply.
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D.
McClure Dam
McClure Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Dead River in Michigan, forming McClure Basin and providing power and water management for the surrounding region.
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E.
Chatfield Dam
Chatfield Dam is a large flood-control and water-storage structure in Colorado that creates Chatfield Reservoir on the South Platte River near Denver.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concrete dam
ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Australia ⓘ |
| catchmentArea | Cotter River catchment ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | 1912 ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| hasAccessRoad | Cotter Road ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
drought security for Canberra
ⓘ
peak flood attenuation ⓘ |
| hasSpillway | uncontrolled overflow spillway ⓘ |
| height | about 87 metres ⓘ |
| isUpstreamOf | Murrumbidgee River confluence ⓘ |
| length | about 330 metres ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Australian Capital Territory ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea |
Namadgi National Park vicinity
ⓘ
linked to:
Namadgi National Park
|
| locatedInTimeZone |
AEDT
ⓘ
AEST ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Canberra ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Cotter River ⓘ |
| managesResource | drinking water for Canberra region ⓘ |
| material | roller-compacted concrete (enlarged dam wall) ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Canberra ⓘ |
| nearbyLocality | Cotter Reserve ⓘ |
| opened | 1915 ⓘ |
| operator |
Icon Water
ⓘ
linked to:
Icon Water Limited
|
| owner | Australian Capital Territory Government ⓘ |
| partOf |
Canberra water supply system
ⓘ
linked to:
Queanbeyan–Canberra water supply scheme
|
| partOfScheme | ACT integrated water supply network ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood control
ⓘ
water supply ⓘ |
| region | South Eastern Highlands ⓘ |
| replacedStructure | original lower Cotter Dam wall (as primary storage) ⓘ |
| reservoirCapacity | about 78 gigalitres ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Cotter Reservoir ⓘ |
| underwentEnlargement | 2010–2013 ⓘ |
| waterUse |
environmental flows downstream
ⓘ
urban water supply ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cotter Dam Description of subject: Cotter Dam is a major water supply and flood control dam near Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory, forming part of the region’s primary drinking water storage system.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.