Yellowstone River
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The Yellowstone River is a major free-flowing river in the western United States that originates in Yellowstone National Park and flows through Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota before joining the Missouri River.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yellowstone River canonical | 26 |
| Yellowstone River basin | 4 |
| Yellowstone River watershed | 2 |
| Yellowstone River (via Tower Creek) | 1 |
| Yellowstone River headwaters | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T989662 — 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.
Target entity: Yellowstone River Context triple: [Missouri River, hasTributary, Yellowstone River]
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Snake River
The Snake River is a major waterway in the northwestern United States that flows through Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington before joining the Columbia River.
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Niobrara River
The Niobrara River is a scenic waterway in northern Nebraska known for its unique mix of Great Plains, Sandhills, and forest ecosystems and popular for canoeing, tubing, and wildlife viewing.
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C.
Missouri River
The Missouri River is the longest river in North America, flowing from the Rocky Mountains of western Montana to join the Mississippi River near St. Louis.
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D.
Assiniboine River
The Assiniboine River is a major prairie river in Western Canada that flows through Saskatchewan and Manitoba before joining the Red River at Winnipeg.
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E.
Yukon River
The Yukon River is a major waterway in northwestern North America that flows through Canada’s Yukon Territory and Alaska to the Bering Sea, historically significant for transportation, Indigenous cultures, and the Klondike Gold Rush.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Yellowstone River Target entity description: The Yellowstone River is a major free-flowing river in the western United States that originates in Yellowstone National Park and flows through Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota before joining the Missouri River.
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A.
Snake River
The Snake River is a major waterway in the northwestern United States that flows through Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington before joining the Columbia River.
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B.
Niobrara River
The Niobrara River is a scenic waterway in northern Nebraska known for its unique mix of Great Plains, Sandhills, and forest ecosystems and popular for canoeing, tubing, and wildlife viewing.
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C.
Missouri River
The Missouri River is the longest river in North America, flowing from the Rocky Mountains of western Montana to join the Mississippi River near St. Louis.
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D.
Assiniboine River
The Assiniboine River is a major prairie river in Western Canada that flows through Saskatchewan and Manitoba before joining the Red River at Winnipeg.
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E.
Yukon River
The Yukon River is a major waterway in northwestern North America that flows through Canada’s Yukon Territory and Alaska to the Bering Sea, historically significant for transportation, Indigenous cultures, and the Klondike Gold Rush.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
free-flowing river
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river ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses |
Absaroka Range
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surface form:
Absaroka Range region
Great Plains ⓘ |
| drainageBasinArea |
approximately 182,000 square kilometers
ⓘ
approximately 70,000 square miles ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Billings
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surface form:
Billings, Montana
Glendive, Montana ⓘ Miles City, Montana ⓘ Montana ⓘ North Dakota ⓘ Paradise Valley, Montana ⓘ Wyoming ⓘ Yellowstone National Park ⓘ near Livingston, Montana ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | named after the yellow-colored rocks of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone ⓘ |
| hasLeftBankTributary |
Clarks Fork Yellowstone River
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Shields River ⓘ Stillwater River (Montana) ⓘ |
| hasMajorTributary |
Bighorn River
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Clarks Fork Yellowstone River ⓘ Powder River ⓘ Shields River ⓘ Stillwater River (Montana) ⓘ Tongue River ⓘ |
| hasMouthElevation | approximately 564 meters ⓘ |
| hasMouthLocation | near Williston, North Dakota ⓘ |
| hasRightBankTributary |
Bighorn River
ⓘ
Powder River ⓘ Tongue River ⓘ |
| hasSourceElevation | approximately 2,700 meters ⓘ |
| hasWatercourseFeature | waterfalls in Yellowstone National Park ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the longest undammed river in the contiguous United States
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trout fishing ⓘ whitewater rafting ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 1,114 kilometers
ⓘ
approximately 692 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn | western United States ⓘ |
| mouthOf | Missouri River ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mississippi River basin
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surface form:
Missouri–Mississippi river system
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| passesThrough |
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
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surface form:
Yellowstone River Canyon (Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone)
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| riverSystem | Missouri River ⓘ |
| sourceLocation |
Wyoming
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Yellowstone National Park ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Missouri River ⓘ |
| usedFor |
irrigation
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recreation ⓘ |
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Subject: Yellowstone River Description of subject: The Yellowstone River is a major free-flowing river in the western United States that originates in Yellowstone National Park and flows through Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota before joining the Missouri River.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.