Bukhtarma Reservoir
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Bukhtarma Reservoir is a large artificial lake in eastern Kazakhstan, created by damming the Irtysh River for hydroelectric power generation, irrigation, and navigation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bukhtarma Reservoir canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7606603 — 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: Bukhtarma Reservoir Context triple: [Irtysh River, hasReservoir, Bukhtarma Reservoir]
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A.
Shaori Reservoir
Shaori Reservoir is a scenic artificial lake in Georgia’s Racha region, known for its mountainous surroundings and popularity as a recreational and tourist destination.
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B.
Almatti Reservoir
Almatti Reservoir is a major water body in Karnataka, India, formed on the Krishna River and used for irrigation, power generation, and regional water supply.
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C.
Koka Reservoir
Koka Reservoir is a major artificial lake in Ethiopia formed by the Koka Dam on the Awash River, serving as an important source of hydroelectric power, irrigation, and fisheries.
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D.
Bargi Reservoir
Bargi Reservoir is a large artificial lake in Madhya Pradesh, India, created by the Bargi Dam on the Narmada River and used for irrigation, hydropower, and water supply.
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E.
Kurpsai Reservoir
Kurpsai Reservoir is an artificial lake on the Naryn River in Kyrgyzstan, created for hydroelectric power generation and water regulation.
- 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: Bukhtarma Reservoir Target entity description: Bukhtarma Reservoir is a large artificial lake in eastern Kazakhstan, created by damming the Irtysh River for hydroelectric power generation, irrigation, and navigation.
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A.
Shaori Reservoir
Shaori Reservoir is a scenic artificial lake in Georgia’s Racha region, known for its mountainous surroundings and popularity as a recreational and tourist destination.
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B.
Almatti Reservoir
Almatti Reservoir is a major water body in Karnataka, India, formed on the Krishna River and used for irrigation, power generation, and regional water supply.
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C.
Koka Reservoir
Koka Reservoir is a major artificial lake in Ethiopia formed by the Koka Dam on the Awash River, serving as an important source of hydroelectric power, irrigation, and fisheries.
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D.
Bargi Reservoir
Bargi Reservoir is a large artificial lake in Madhya Pradesh, India, created by the Bargi Dam on the Narmada River and used for irrigation, hydropower, and water supply.
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E.
Kurpsai Reservoir
Kurpsai Reservoir is an artificial lake on the Naryn River in Kyrgyzstan, created for hydroelectric power generation and water regulation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | reservoir ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climateZone | continental climate ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1952 ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Kazakhstan ⓘ |
| createdBy | Bukhtarma Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | about 420 metres ⓘ |
| freezesDuring | winter ⓘ |
| hasDam | Bukhtarma Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIsland | numerous small islands ⓘ |
| hasShorelineType |
indented shoreline
ⓘ
mountainous shores ⓘ |
| inflow | Irtysh River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isUpstreamOf |
Shulbinsk Reservoir
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ust-Kamenogorsk Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | about 425 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn | East Kazakhstan Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountrySubdivision | East Kazakhstan Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange | Altai Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | near Katon-Karagay National Park ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Oskemen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Semei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Irtysh River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumDepth | about 80 metres ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Bukhtarma River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1960 ⓘ |
| operator | Bukhtarma Hydroelectric Power Plant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| outflow | Irtysh River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Irtysh River basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irtysh–Karaganda Canal system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
hydroelectric power generation
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ navigation ⓘ |
| region | eastern Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservoirCapacity | about 49 cubic kilometres ⓘ |
| surfaceArea | about 5490 square kilometres ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fisheries
ⓘ
flood control ⓘ recreation ⓘ water supply ⓘ |
| volume | about 49 cubic kilometres ⓘ |
| waterBodyType | freshwater reservoir ⓘ |
| watercourse | Irtysh River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bukhtarma Reservoir Description of subject: Bukhtarma Reservoir is a large artificial lake in eastern Kazakhstan, created by damming the Irtysh River for hydroelectric power generation, irrigation, and navigation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.