Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta levees
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:dam
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gptkbp:built |
mid-1800s to present
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gptkbp:builtBy |
federal agencies
state agencies local reclamation districts |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta levees
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gptkbp:importantFor |
protects agricultural land
protects communities in the Delta protects water supply for Central Valley and Southern California |
gptkbp:length |
over 1,100 miles
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gptkbp:locatedIn |
gptkb:California
gptkb:Sacramento-San_Joaquin_Delta |
gptkbp:maintainedBy |
gptkb:California_Department_of_Water_Resources
local reclamation districts |
gptkbp:material |
gptkb:rock
concrete earth |
gptkbp:purpose |
flood control
water management agricultural protection |
gptkbp:regulates |
Delta Levees Special Flood Control Projects Program
Delta Levee Maintenance Subventions Program |
gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:California_State_Water_Project
gptkb:Central_Valley_Project |
gptkbp:riskFactor |
saltwater intrusion
loss of habitat potential for catastrophic failure |
gptkbp:threats |
climate change
earthquakes flooding sea level rise subsidence |
gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Sacramento_River_levees
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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