Rur Dam

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Rur Dam is a major embankment dam on the Rur (Roer) River in western Germany, forming the Rur Reservoir and serving purposes such as water supply, flood control, and recreation.

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Rur Dam canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dam
embankment dam
alsoKnownAs Rurtalsperre
Rurtalsperre Schwammenauel
linked to: Rurtalsperre
basinCountry Germany
completedIn 1938
constructionBegan 1934
country Germany
crestElevation 285 m above sea level
formsReservoir Rur Reservoir
hasHydroelectricPlant yes
hasSpillway yes
height 77 m
hydropowerType conventional hydroelectric
length 480 m
locatedIn North Rhine-Westphalia
locatedInProtectedArea Eifel National Park
locatedInRegion Eifel
linked to: Eifel region
locatedNear Schwammenauel
Simmerath
locatedOnRiver Roer
Rur
locatedSouthOf Aachen
locatedWestOf Cologne
managingAgency Wasserverband Eifel-Rur
nearBorderWith Belgium
Netherlands
opened 1938
partOf Rur River water management system
linked to: Rur River basin
purpose flood control
hydropower generation
recreation
water supply
region western Germany
reservoirCatchmentArea 1,088 km²
reservoirName Rur Reservoir
reservoirSurfaceArea 7.83 km²
reservoirTotalCapacity 203 million m³
riverBasin Meuse basin
spillwayType overflow spillway
usedFor angling
drinking water supply
industrial water supply
low-flow augmentation
navigation support downstream
sailing
tourism
water sports

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

Roer hasStructure Rur Dam
Rur Reservoir formedByDam Rur Dam