Selenga River
E273863
The Selenga River is a major river in Mongolia and Russia that drains a vast basin before emptying into Lake Baikal, contributing the largest share of the lake’s inflowing water.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Selenga River canonical | 3 |
| Selenga River basin | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2524454 — 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: Selenga River Context triple: [Lake Baikal, inflow, Selenga River]
-
A.
Nera River
The Nera River is a central Italian waterway flowing through the regions of Umbria and Lazio before joining the Tiber River.
-
B.
Donga River
The Donga River is a significant river in West Africa that flows through Nigeria and Cameroon before joining the Benue River.
-
C.
Mahakam River
The Mahakam River is one of the largest and most important rivers in Indonesian Borneo (Kalimantan), known for its extensive basin, rich biodiversity, and role as a major transportation and economic artery in East Kalimantan.
-
D.
Beni River
The Beni River is a major waterway in northern Bolivia that flows through the Amazon Basin, supporting rich biodiversity and local communities along its course.
-
E.
Mangoky River
The Mangoky River is one of Madagascar’s largest rivers, flowing westward across the island and playing a vital role in regional agriculture and ecosystems.
- 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: Selenga River Target entity description: The Selenga River is a major river in Mongolia and Russia that drains a vast basin before emptying into Lake Baikal, contributing the largest share of the lake’s inflowing water.
-
A.
Nera River
The Nera River is a central Italian waterway flowing through the regions of Umbria and Lazio before joining the Tiber River.
-
B.
Donga River
The Donga River is a significant river in West Africa that flows through Nigeria and Cameroon before joining the Benue River.
-
C.
Mahakam River
The Mahakam River is one of the largest and most important rivers in Indonesian Borneo (Kalimantan), known for its extensive basin, rich biodiversity, and role as a major transportation and economic artery in East Kalimantan.
-
D.
Beni River
The Beni River is a major waterway in northern Bolivia that flows through the Amazon Basin, supporting rich biodiversity and local communities along its course.
-
E.
Mangoky River
The Mangoky River is one of Madagascar’s largest rivers, flowing westward across the island and playing a vital role in regional agriculture and ecosystems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
river
ⓘ
transboundary river ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Selenge River ⓘ |
| averageDischarge | approximately 935 cubic metres per second ⓘ |
| basinArea | approximately 447000 square kilometres ⓘ |
| climateZone | continental climate ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country |
Mongolia
ⓘ
Russia ⓘ |
| crossesInternationalBorder | Mongolia–Russia border ⓘ |
| deltaLocation | southeastern Lake Baikal ⓘ |
| dischargeContributionToLakeBaikal | largest single contributor of inflowing water ⓘ |
| drainageBasin |
Selenga River
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Selenga River basin
|
| ecologicalSignificance | supports diverse wetland and aquatic ecosystems ⓘ |
| environmentalConcerns |
pollution from mining and industry in the basin
ⓘ
sedimentation affecting Lake Baikal delta ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Lake Baikal ⓘ |
| frozenPeriod | typically from November to April ⓘ |
| governingBasinCountries |
Mongolia
ⓘ
Russia ⓘ |
| hasDelta | Selenga River delta ⓘ |
| hasWatershedSharedWith |
Orkhon River
ⓘ
surface form:
Orkhon River basin
|
| importance | primary freshwater source for Lake Baikal ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 616 miles
ⓘ
approximately 992 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Asia
ⓘ
Eastern Siberia ⓘ
surface form:
East Siberia
|
| majorTributaryOf | Lake Baikal inflow system ⓘ |
| mouthCountry | Russia ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | southeastern shore of Lake Baikal ⓘ |
| name | Selenga River self-link ⓘ |
| partOf |
Angara River
ⓘ
surface form:
Yenisei–Angara–Baikal river system
|
| passesNear | Ulan-Ude ⓘ |
| passesThrough | Buryatia ⓘ |
| region | Siberia ⓘ |
| sourceRegion | northern Mongolia ⓘ |
| tributary |
Chikoy River
ⓘ
Egiin Gol ⓘ Khilok River ⓘ Orkhon River ⓘ Tuul River ⓘ Uda River ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fishing
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ transportation ⓘ |
| waterSystem | Lake Baikal basin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Selenga River Description of subject: The Selenga River is a major river in Mongolia and Russia that drains a vast basin before emptying into Lake Baikal, contributing the largest share of the lake’s inflowing water.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Selenga River basin
this entity surface form:
Selenga River basin