Jamuna River
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The Jamuna River is the main distributary channel of the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh, forming one of the country’s largest and most dynamic river systems.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jamuna River canonical | 16 |
| Brahmaputra-Jamuna | 1 |
| যমুনা নদী | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T377390 — 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: Jamuna River Context triple: [Brahmaputra, alsoKnownAs, Jamuna River]
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A.
Jamuna
Jamuna is an alternative name for the Yamuna, one of the major sacred rivers of northern India that flows through cities such as Delhi and Agra.
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B.
Ganges
The Ganges is a major river in northern India that is considered sacred in Hinduism and supports hundreds of millions of people along its basin.
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C.
Ghaghara
Ghaghara is a major Himalayan river in northern India and Nepal that significantly contributes to the flow of the Ganges.
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D.
Meghna
Meghna is a major river in Bangladesh that forms one of the principal distributaries of the Ganges–Brahmaputra river system before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
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E.
Hooghly River
The Hooghly River is a major distributary of the Ganges in eastern India that flows past Kolkata and serves as a vital waterway for transport, trade, and industry in West Bengal.
- 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: Jamuna River Target entity description: The Jamuna River is the main distributary channel of the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh, forming one of the country’s largest and most dynamic river systems.
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A.
Jamuna
Jamuna is an alternative name for the Yamuna, one of the major sacred rivers of northern India that flows through cities such as Delhi and Agra.
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B.
Ganges
The Ganges is a major river in northern India that is considered sacred in Hinduism and supports hundreds of millions of people along its basin.
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C.
Ghaghara
Ghaghara is a major Himalayan river in northern India and Nepal that significantly contributes to the flow of the Ganges.
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D.
Meghna
Meghna is a major river in Bangladesh that forms one of the principal distributaries of the Ganges–Brahmaputra river system before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
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E.
Hooghly River
The Hooghly River is a major distributary of the Ganges in eastern India that flows past Kolkata and serves as a vital waterway for transport, trade, and industry in West Bengal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
distributary
ⓘ
river ⓘ |
| bridgeCountMajor | 1 ⓘ |
| confluenceWith |
Ganges
ⓘ
surface form:
Ganges River
Padma River ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country |
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
|
| countryRankBySize | one of the largest rivers of Bangladesh ⓘ |
| crossedBy |
Bangabandhu Bridge
ⓘ
Bangabandhu Bridge ⓘ
surface form:
Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge
|
| distributaryOf |
Brahmaputra
ⓘ
surface form:
Brahmaputra River
|
| drainageBasinCountry |
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
|
| economicImportance |
agricultural support via floodplain fertility
ⓘ
fisheries resource ⓘ transport corridor ⓘ |
| floodplainType | active floodplain ⓘ |
| flowsDirectionGeneral | north–south ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
|
| formsBoundaryBetween |
Rajshahi Division and Dhaka Division (in parts)
ⓘ
Rajshahi Division and Rangpur Division (in parts) ⓘ |
| formsConfluenceAt | Goalundo Ghat ⓘ |
| hydrologicalType | braided river ⓘ |
| joins |
Meghna
ⓘ
surface form:
Meghna River
Padma River ⓘ |
| knownFor |
braided channel pattern
ⓘ
frequent channel shifting ⓘ large sediment load ⓘ seasonal flooding ⓘ severe bank erosion ⓘ |
| languageNameInBangla |
Jamuna River
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
যমুনা নদী
|
| locatedIn |
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
South Asia ⓘ |
| majorNearbyCity |
Bogura region vicinity
ⓘ
Jamalpur ⓘ Sirajganj ⓘ Tangail ⓘ |
| mouth |
Meghna
ⓘ
surface form:
Meghna River
|
| partOf |
Brahmaputra
ⓘ
surface form:
Brahmaputra River system
Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system ⓘ
surface form:
Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna river system
|
| risk |
monsoon flooding
ⓘ
riverbank erosion ⓘ |
| seasonalVariation |
high discharge during monsoon
ⓘ
low discharge during dry season ⓘ |
| sourceRegion | Assam Himalayas vicinity (via Brahmaputra) ⓘ |
| tributaryTo |
Meghna
ⓘ
surface form:
Meghna River
|
| usedFor |
fishing
ⓘ
inland navigation ⓘ irrigation ⓘ sand mining ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jamuna River Description of subject: The Jamuna River is the main distributary channel of the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh, forming one of the country’s largest and most dynamic river systems.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
যমুনা নদী
subject surface form:
North Bengal (Bangladesh)
this entity surface form:
Brahmaputra-Jamuna
subject surface form:
Rajshahi Division
subject surface form:
Rajshahi Division
subject surface form:
Rangpur Division
subject surface form:
Rangpur Division
subject surface form:
Rajshahi Division and Rangpur Division
subject surface form:
Rajshahi Division and Rangpur Division