Potholes Canal
E457949
Potholes Canal is an irrigation canal in central Washington State that distributes water from Potholes Reservoir to surrounding agricultural lands.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Potholes Canal system | 2 |
| Potholes Canal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4652203 — 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: Potholes Canal Context triple: [Potholes Reservoir, outflow, Potholes Canal]
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A.
Tavistock Canal
Tavistock Canal is a historic early 19th-century waterway in Devon, England, built to serve local mines and industry and now valued as a heritage and wildlife site.
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B.
Barkley Canal
Barkley Canal is a man-made waterway in western Kentucky that links Kentucky Lake with Lake Barkley, enabling navigation between the two reservoirs.
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C.
Hamilton Canal
Hamilton Canal is a historic Dutch-era waterway in Sri Lanka that links the coastal town of Negombo with other parts of the western canal network, once used for transporting goods and people.
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D.
Nira Left Bank Canal
Nira Left Bank Canal is a major irrigation canal in Maharashtra, India, that supplies water to agricultural areas including the Baramati region.
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E.
Murray Canal
The Murray Canal is a man-made waterway in Ontario, Canada, that provides a navigable shortcut between the Bay of Quinte and Lake Ontario as part of the Trent–Severn Waterway.
- 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: Potholes Canal Target entity description: Potholes Canal is an irrigation canal in central Washington State that distributes water from Potholes Reservoir to surrounding agricultural lands.
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A.
Tavistock Canal
Tavistock Canal is a historic early 19th-century waterway in Devon, England, built to serve local mines and industry and now valued as a heritage and wildlife site.
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B.
Barkley Canal
Barkley Canal is a man-made waterway in western Kentucky that links Kentucky Lake with Lake Barkley, enabling navigation between the two reservoirs.
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C.
Hamilton Canal
Hamilton Canal is a historic Dutch-era waterway in Sri Lanka that links the coastal town of Negombo with other parts of the western canal network, once used for transporting goods and people.
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D.
Nira Left Bank Canal
Nira Left Bank Canal is a major irrigation canal in Maharashtra, India, that supplies water to agricultural areas including the Baramati region.
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E.
Murray Canal
The Murray Canal is a man-made waterway in Ontario, Canada, that provides a navigable shortcut between the Bay of Quinte and Lake Ontario as part of the Trent–Severn Waterway.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | irrigation canal ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| connectedTo |
Potholes Reservoir
ⓘ
various lateral irrigation canals ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distributesWaterTo |
farmland in central Washington
ⓘ
surrounding agricultural lands ⓘ |
| feeds | local irrigation laterals ⓘ |
| hasEconomicRole | supports agricultural production in central Washington ⓘ |
| hasFunction | conveyance of irrigation water ⓘ |
| hydrologicSystem | Columbia River Basin ⓘ |
| infrastructureType | open-channel canal ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Washington State
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington
central Washington ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity |
Adams County, Washington
ⓘ
Grant County, Washington ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Moses Lake, Washington
ⓘ
Othello, Washington ⓘ |
| managingAgency |
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
linked to:
Bureau of Reclamation
|
| partOf | Columbia Basin Project ⓘ |
| partOfProject | federal reclamation project ⓘ |
| partOfWaterManagementSystem |
Columbia Basin irrigation network
ⓘ
linked to:
Columbia Basin Project
|
| purpose | irrigation ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Columbia Basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Columbia Plateau
central Washington agricultural region ⓘ |
| usedFor |
delivery of project water to farms
ⓘ
supporting irrigated agriculture ⓘ |
| waterSource | Potholes Reservoir ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Potholes Canal Description of subject: Potholes Canal is an irrigation canal in central Washington State that distributes water from Potholes Reservoir to surrounding agricultural lands.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Potholes Canal
linked to: Potholes Canal