Maeander River
E1012016
The Maeander River is an ancient river in western Anatolia, famed for its extremely winding course that gave rise to the word “meander.”
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maeander River canonical | 10 |
| Maeander | 2 |
| Maeander River of classical antiquity | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12879525 — 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: Maeander River Context triple: [Magnesia on the Maeander, locatedNear, Maeander River]
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A.
Gediz River
The Gediz River is a major river in western Turkey that flows into the Aegean Sea near the city of Izmir.
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B.
Halys River
The Halys River is the ancient name for the Kızılırmak River, the longest river entirely within modern-day Turkey and a historically significant boundary in Anatolia.
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C.
Tarsus River
The Tarsus River is a waterway in southern Turkey that flows through the historic city of Tarsus before reaching the Mediterranean Sea.
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D.
Aderde
Aderde is a town located in the Anseba region of Eritrea.
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E.
Eurymedon River
The Eurymedon River is an ancient river in southern Turkey, historically significant as the site of major Greek-Persian battles and a key geographic feature of the Pamphylia region.
- 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: Maeander River Target entity description: The Maeander River is an ancient river in western Anatolia, famed for its extremely winding course that gave rise to the word “meander.”
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A.
Gediz River
The Gediz River is a major river in western Turkey that flows into the Aegean Sea near the city of Izmir.
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B.
Halys River
The Halys River is the ancient name for the Kızılırmak River, the longest river entirely within modern-day Turkey and a historically significant boundary in Anatolia.
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C.
Tarsus River
The Tarsus River is a waterway in southern Turkey that flows through the historic city of Tarsus before reaching the Mediterranean Sea.
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D.
Aderde
Aderde is a town located in the Anseba region of Eritrea.
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E.
Eurymedon River
The Eurymedon River is an ancient river in southern Turkey, historically significant as the site of major Greek-Persian battles and a key geographic feature of the Pamphylia region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient river
ⓘ
river ⓘ |
| ancientName |
Maiandros
ⓘ
linked to:
Μαίανδρος (Maiandros)
Meander ⓘ
linked to:
Meander River
|
| associatedWithCulture |
Hellenistic period
ⓘ
ancient Greek geography ⓘ |
| associatedWithMythology | river god Maeander ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| drainageBasin |
Aegean Sea basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Aegean Sea basins
|
| emptiesInto | Aegean Sea ⓘ |
| etymologyOf | English word "meander" ⓘ |
| feature |
broad alluvial valley
ⓘ
numerous loops and oxbow bends ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Afyonkarahisar Province
ⓘ
Aydın Province ⓘ Denizli Province ⓘ Uşak Province ⓘ |
| GreekName |
Μαίανδρος
ⓘ
linked to:
Μαίανδρος (Maiandros)
|
| hasGeomorphologicalProcess | meandering ⓘ |
| hasTributary |
Banaz River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Çürüksu River ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
formed a fertile alluvial plain near its mouth
ⓘ
important waterway in ancient Greek and Roman times ⓘ |
| inLanguage |
Greek
ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ |
| inspiredTerm |
"meander" in general English usage
ⓘ
"meander" in geography ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extremely winding course
ⓘ
meandering path ⓘ |
| length | approximately 548 km ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Anatolia
ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ western Anatolia ⓘ
linked to:
Western Anatolia
|
| locatedOn |
Anatolian Peninsula
ⓘ
linked to:
Anatolia
|
| modernName | Büyük Menderes River ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedIn | Aegean Sea ⓘ |
| nearbyAncientCity |
Magnesia on the Maeander
ⓘ
Miletus ⓘ Priene ⓘ |
| partOf |
Aegean Region of Turkey
ⓘ
linked to:
Aegean Region
|
| region |
Caria
ⓘ
Ionia ⓘ |
| sourceLocatedIn |
Mountains of Phrygia
ⓘ
central western Anatolia ⓘ |
| TurkishName |
Büyük Menderes Nehri
ⓘ
linked to:
Büyük Menderes River
|
| usedFor |
agriculture in its valley
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maeander River Description of subject: The Maeander River is an ancient river in western Anatolia, famed for its extremely winding course that gave rise to the word “meander.”
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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