Assertion: barrage | /r/HasProperty | built
Facets:
value: from 1923
type: TEMPORAL
value: during the british raj
type: TEMPORAL
value: for diverting water
type: PURPOSE
value: further west
type: LOCATION
value: usually
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: A barrage is built for diverting water, and raises the water level by only a few feet.
text: One key difference between a dam and a barrage according to World Commission on Dams is that while a barrage is built for diverting water, a dam is built for storing water in a reservoir to raise the level of water considerably.
text: A barrage is usually built where the surface is flat across meandering rivers.
text: To prevent uplift of the dry river bed, deep pressure relief wells were required which needed to be fully functional until the barrage was built and the site flooded.
text: Barrage was built to provide irrigation facilities to 50,000 acres in Haryana, and flood protection to 1.60 lakh acres in Haryana and 40,000 acres in Delhi.
text: If the barrage is built further west, any transport connection would instead link more isolated areas of the Devon-Cornwall peninsula with the cities of South Wales and the ports of Pembrokeshire.
text: The barrage was built during the British Raj from 1923 to 1932 and was named Lloyd Barrage.
text: It has been found that Bangladesh’s water supply was much greater before the barrage was built.
text: The barrage was built during the British Raj from 1923 to 1932 and was named Lloyd Barrage.