Jebel Aulia
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Jebel Aulia is a dam and reservoir on the White Nile in Sudan, historically significant for irrigation, hydroelectric power, and flood control.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jebel Aulia canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12851078 — 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: Jebel Aulia Context triple: [Jabal Awliya locality, namedAfter, Jebel Aulia]
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A.
Jebel Oda
Jebel Oda is a prominent mountain peak that forms the highest point in Sudan’s Red Sea Hills region.
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B.
Jebel Jais
Jebel Jais is the highest mountain in the United Arab Emirates, renowned for its scenic views, cool climate, and adventure activities such as one of the world’s longest zip lines.
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C.
Jebel Marra
Jebel Marra is a volcanic mountain massif in western Sudan’s Darfur region, known for its relatively cool climate, fertile highlands, and role as a cultural heartland for the Fur people.
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D.
Jebel Musa
Jebel Musa is a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula widely venerated in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions as the biblical Mount Sinai where Moses received the Ten Commandments.
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E.
Jabal al-Nour
Jabal al-Nour is a mountain near Mecca in Saudi Arabia renowned as the site where the Prophet Muhammad is believed to have received his first revelation.
- 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: Jebel Aulia Target entity description: Jebel Aulia is a dam and reservoir on the White Nile in Sudan, historically significant for irrigation, hydroelectric power, and flood control.
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A.
Jebel Oda
Jebel Oda is a prominent mountain peak that forms the highest point in Sudan’s Red Sea Hills region.
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B.
Jebel Jais
Jebel Jais is the highest mountain in the United Arab Emirates, renowned for its scenic views, cool climate, and adventure activities such as one of the world’s longest zip lines.
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C.
Jebel Marra
Jebel Marra is a volcanic mountain massif in western Sudan’s Darfur region, known for its relatively cool climate, fertile highlands, and role as a cultural heartland for the Fur people.
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D.
Jebel Musa
Jebel Musa is a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula widely venerated in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions as the biblical Mount Sinai where Moses received the Ten Commandments.
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E.
Jabal al-Nour
Jabal al-Nour is a mountain near Mecca in Saudi Arabia renowned as the site where the Prophet Muhammad is believed to have received his first revelation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dam
ⓘ
reservoir ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Sudan ⓘ |
| builtBy | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| builtFor | Egypt ⓘ |
| category |
Dams in Sudan
ⓘ
Reservoirs in Sudan ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1933 ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Sudan ⓘ |
| designedDuring |
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan period
ⓘ
linked to:
Anglo-Egyptian period
|
| hasFunction |
flood mitigation
ⓘ
power generation ⓘ water level regulation ⓘ |
| hasImpact |
creation of reservoir fisheries
ⓘ
modification of White Nile flow regime ⓘ |
| hasStructureType | gravity dam ⓘ |
| height | 20 m (approximate) ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
important for downstream irrigation in Egypt
ⓘ
major early 20th-century Nile control project ⓘ |
| isPartOfHistoryOf |
Egyptian irrigation policy
ⓘ
Nile River development ⓘ Sudanese water infrastructure ⓘ |
| isUpstreamOf |
Khartoum on the White Nile
ⓘ
linked to:
Khartoum
|
| length | 5000 m (approximate) ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Jebel Aulia locality ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Khartoum ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | White Nile ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf | Khartoum ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement | Jebel Aulia town ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1937 ⓘ |
| operator | Sudan ⓘ |
| ownershipTransferredTo | Sudan ⓘ |
| partOf |
Nile water management system
ⓘ
White Nile basin ⓘ
linked to:
White Nile
|
| purpose |
flood control
ⓘ
hydroelectric power ⓘ irrigation ⓘ |
| region |
Khartoum State
ⓘ
linked to:
Khartoum state
|
| reservoirCapacity | about 3.5 cubic kilometres (approximate) ⓘ |
| reservoirName |
Jebel Aulia Reservoir
ⓘ
linked to:
Jebel Aulia reservoir
|
| reservoirPurpose | seasonal water storage ⓘ |
| riverSystem | Nile ⓘ |
| transferContext | post-independence Nile water agreements ⓘ |
| usedFor |
agricultural development in Sudan
ⓘ
navigation regulation on the White Nile ⓘ |
| watercourse | White Nile ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jebel Aulia Description of subject: Jebel Aulia is a dam and reservoir on the White Nile in Sudan, historically significant for irrigation, hydroelectric power, and flood control.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.