Indian Ocean drainage basin

All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Indian Ocean basin	19
Indian Ocean drainage basin canonical	14
Indian Ocean Basin	1
Indian Ocean drainage basins	1
Java Sea–Indian Ocean watershed	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5268376 — 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: Indian Ocean drainage basin
Context triple: [Great Usutu River, partOf, Indian Ocean drainage basin]

A. Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the world’s third-largest ocean, lying between Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Southern Ocean, and serving as a major route for global trade and maritime activity.
B. Southwest Indian Ocean
The Southwest Indian Ocean is a region of the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa, known for its strong western boundary currents, complex eddies, and significant role in global ocean circulation and climate.
C. Indian Ocean Central Water
Indian Ocean Central Water is a mid-depth water mass in the Indian Ocean characterized by relatively uniform temperature and salinity, formed through subduction and mixing in subtropical regions.
D. Indian Ocean–Southern Ocean marine region
The Indian Ocean–Southern Ocean marine region is a vast biogeographic area encompassing the transitional waters and ecosystems where the Indian and Southern Oceans meet, including features such as the Great Australian Bight.
E. Pacific Ocean drainage basin
The Pacific Ocean drainage basin is the vast hydrological region encompassing all land areas whose rivers and streams ultimately flow into the Pacific Ocean.
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: Indian Ocean drainage basin
Target entity description: The Indian Ocean drainage basin is the vast hydrological region encompassing all land areas whose rivers and streams ultimately flow into the Indian Ocean.

A. Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the world’s third-largest ocean, lying between Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Southern Ocean, and serving as a major route for global trade and maritime activity.
B. Southwest Indian Ocean
The Southwest Indian Ocean is a region of the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa, known for its strong western boundary currents, complex eddies, and significant role in global ocean circulation and climate.
C. Indian Ocean Central Water
Indian Ocean Central Water is a mid-depth water mass in the Indian Ocean characterized by relatively uniform temperature and salinity, formed through subduction and mixing in subtropical regions.
D. Indian Ocean–Southern Ocean marine region
The Indian Ocean–Southern Ocean marine region is a vast biogeographic area encompassing the transitional waters and ecosystems where the Indian and Southern Oceans meet, including features such as the Great Australian Bight.
E. Pacific Ocean drainage basin
The Pacific Ocean drainage basin is the vast hydrological region encompassing all land areas whose rivers and streams ultimately flow into the Pacific Ocean.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	drainage basin ⓘ
borders	Arctic Ocean drainage basin ⓘ linked to: Arctic drainage basin Atlantic Ocean drainage basin ⓘ Pacific Ocean drainage basin ⓘ endorheic drainage basins ⓘ
drainageAreaOf	Indian Ocean ⓘ
drainsInto	Indian Ocean ⓘ
hasPart	Andaman Sea coastal drainage ⓘ Arabian Sea coastal drainage ⓘ Arafura Sea coastal drainage ⓘ Ayeyarwady River basin ⓘ linked to: Irrawaddy River Bay of Bengal coastal drainage ⓘ linked to: Bay of Bengal watershed Cauvery River basin ⓘ Eastern African coastal drainage ⓘ Fly River basin ⓘ linked to: Fly River Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna river basin ⓘ linked to: Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system Godavari River basin ⓘ Gulf of Aden coastal drainage ⓘ linked to: Gulf of Aden Indus River basin ⓘ Irrawaddy River basin ⓘ linked to: Irrawaddy River Irrawaddy-Salween coastal basins ⓘ linked to: Myanmar coastal plains Jubba River basin ⓘ linked to: Jubba River Krishna River basin ⓘ Limpopo River basin ⓘ linked to: Limpopo River Madagascar coastal drainage ⓘ linked to: Betsiboka River Mahanadi River basin ⓘ linked to: Mahanadi River Basin Mekong River basin ⓘ linked to: Mekong River Mozambique Channel coastal drainage ⓘ Narmada River basin ⓘ linked to: Narmada Valley Persian Gulf coastal drainage ⓘ Red Sea coastal drainage ⓘ Rufiji River basin ⓘ linked to: Rufiji River Salween River basin ⓘ linked to: Salween River Shabelle River basin ⓘ linked to: Shabelle River Sri Lankan river basins ⓘ Sumatran river basins ⓘ linked to: Sumatra river system Tana River basin ⓘ linked to: Tana River Tapti River basin ⓘ linked to: Tapti River Timor Sea coastal drainage ⓘ Western Australian coastal drainage ⓘ Western Australian river basins ⓘ Zambezi River basin ⓘ linked to: Zambezi Basin
includes	rivers flowing into the Andaman Sea ⓘ rivers flowing into the Arabian Sea ⓘ rivers flowing into the Bay of Bengal ⓘ rivers flowing into the Mozambique Channel ⓘ rivers flowing into the Persian Gulf ⓘ rivers flowing into the Red Sea ⓘ
locatedIn	Africa ⓘ Antarctica ⓘ Asia ⓘ Australia ⓘ
partOf	World ocean drainage system ⓘ

How these facts were elicited