Lac de Péligre

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Lac de Péligre is a large artificial reservoir in central Haiti, created by the Péligre Dam on the Artibonite River and serving as a major source of hydroelectric power and irrigation for the region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lake Péligre 3
Lac de Péligre canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf reservoir
associatedDam Péligre Dam
linked to: Peligre Dam
basinCountry Haiti
continent North America
country Haiti
createdAsResultOf construction of Péligre hydroelectric project
createdByConstructionOf Péligre Dam
linked to: Peligre Dam
energyInfrastructureRole key component of Haiti national grid
formedBy Péligre Dam
linked to: Peligre Dam
formedByDamming Artibonite River at Péligre
linked to: Artibonite River
hasEnvironmentalIssue deforestation in catchment area
sediment accumulation
water quality concerns
hasImpact changes in downstream river flow
displacement of local communities
hasNameInEnglish Lake Péligre
linked to: Lac de Péligre
hasNameInFrench Lac de Péligre
hasShorelineUse small-scale agriculture
subsistence fishing
inflow Artibonite River
isLargestReservoirOf Haiti
isLocatedEastOf Port-au-Prince
isLocatedInValley Artibonite Valley
linked to: Artibonite
isMajorReservoirOf Haiti
isPartOf Haiti electricity generation system
languageOfName French
locatedIn Central Haiti
linked to: central Haiti
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Département du Centre
locatedInRegion Caribbean
locatedOnRiver Artibonite River
nearSettlement Hinche
Mirebalais
Péligre
outflow Artibonite River
partOf Artibonite River basin
linked to: Artibonite River
primaryFunction electricity supply for Haiti
irrigation water supply for central Haiti
typeOfHydropower reservoir-based hydropower
use fishing
flood control
hydroelectric power generation
irrigation
watercourse Artibonite River
waterLevelAffectedBy seasonal rainfall variability
sedimentation
waterSourceFor agricultural land in Artibonite Valley

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Referenced by (5)

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

Cange locatedNear Lac de Péligre
Peligre Dam formsReservoir Lake Péligre
linked to: Lac de Péligre
Peligre Dam reservoirName Lake Péligre
linked to: Lac de Péligre
Lac de Péligre hasNameInFrench Lac de Péligre
Lac de Péligre hasNameInEnglish Lake Péligre
linked to: Lac de Péligre