Turlock Main Canal
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Turlock Main Canal is a major irrigation canal in California’s Central Valley that delivers water from the Tuolumne River to agricultural lands in the Turlock Irrigation District.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Turlock Main Canal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5573788 — 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: Turlock Main Canal Context triple: [La Grange Dam, feedsCanal, Turlock Main Canal]
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A.
Tehama-Colusa Canal
The Tehama-Colusa Canal is a major irrigation and water conveyance canal in California’s Sacramento Valley that delivers Central Valley Project water to agricultural lands and communities.
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B.
Contra Costa Canal
The Contra Costa Canal is a man-made waterway in California that delivers irrigation and municipal water from the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta to communities in Contra Costa County.
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C.
Friant-Kern Canal
The Friant-Kern Canal is a major irrigation and water conveyance canal in California’s San Joaquin Valley that delivers diverted San Joaquin River water to farms and communities across the southern Central Valley.
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D.
Delta–Mendota Canal intake
The Delta–Mendota Canal intake is the headworks facility in California’s Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta where water is diverted into the Delta–Mendota Canal for delivery to agricultural and other users in the San Joaquin Valley.
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E.
Big Pine Canal
Big Pine Canal is an irrigation waterway near the town of Big Pine in California’s Owens Valley, historically used to divert Sierra Nevada snowmelt for local agriculture and water supply.
- 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: Turlock Main Canal Target entity description: Turlock Main Canal is a major irrigation canal in California’s Central Valley that delivers water from the Tuolumne River to agricultural lands in the Turlock Irrigation District.
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A.
Tehama-Colusa Canal
The Tehama-Colusa Canal is a major irrigation and water conveyance canal in California’s Sacramento Valley that delivers Central Valley Project water to agricultural lands and communities.
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B.
Contra Costa Canal
The Contra Costa Canal is a man-made waterway in California that delivers irrigation and municipal water from the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta to communities in Contra Costa County.
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C.
Friant-Kern Canal
The Friant-Kern Canal is a major irrigation and water conveyance canal in California’s San Joaquin Valley that delivers diverted San Joaquin River water to farms and communities across the southern Central Valley.
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D.
Delta–Mendota Canal intake
The Delta–Mendota Canal intake is the headworks facility in California’s Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta where water is diverted into the Delta–Mendota Canal for delivery to agricultural and other users in the San Joaquin Valley.
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E.
Big Pine Canal
Big Pine Canal is an irrigation waterway near the town of Big Pine in California’s Owens Valley, historically used to divert Sierra Nevada snowmelt for local agriculture and water supply.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
irrigation canal
ⓘ
water conveyance infrastructure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Central Valley agriculture
ⓘ
Tuolumne River water rights ⓘ |
| connectedTo | lateral canals of the Turlock Irrigation District ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| flowsThrough | rural agricultural areas of the Turlock Irrigation District ⓘ |
| hasEconomicRole | supports agricultural production in the Turlock area ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalImpact | modification of natural flow regime of the Tuolumne River ⓘ |
| hasFunction | conveyance of Tuolumne River water to farms ⓘ |
| hasRole | primary conveyance canal for Turlock Irrigation District ⓘ |
| inBasin | San Joaquin River Basin ⓘ |
| infrastructureType | open-channel canal ⓘ |
| isMajorComponentOf | Turlock Irrigation District distribution network ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Turlock Irrigation District ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Central Valley ⓘ
linked to:
San Joaquin Valley
Merced County, California ⓘ
linked to:
Merced County
Stanislaus County, California ⓘ
linked to:
Stanislaus County
|
| locatedInHydrologicRegion |
San Joaquin hydrologic region
ⓘ
linked to:
San Joaquin River Basin
|
| locatedNear |
Modesto, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Modesto
Turlock, California ⓘ
linked to:
Turlock
|
| manages | surface water deliveries for irrigation ⓘ |
| operator | Turlock Irrigation District ⓘ |
| owner | Turlock Irrigation District ⓘ |
| parallelTo | Modesto Main Canal ⓘ |
| partOf |
Central Valley Project-era irrigation infrastructure context
ⓘ
Turlock Irrigation District canal system ⓘ |
| purpose |
agricultural water supply
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ |
| regionServed |
California’s Central Valley
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Valley
|
| regulatingAuthority | California water law ⓘ |
| serves |
Turlock Irrigation District
ⓘ
agricultural lands in the Turlock Irrigation District ⓘ |
| startsAt | Tuolumne River ⓘ |
| subjectTo | California irrigation district regulations ⓘ |
| transportMedium | freshwater ⓘ |
| usedFor | surface water delivery to agricultural users ⓘ |
| usesWaterFrom |
Don Pedro Reservoir
ⓘ
New Don Pedro Dam ⓘ |
| waterSource | Tuolumne River ⓘ |
| waterUse |
crop irrigation
ⓘ
field crop irrigation ⓘ orchard irrigation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Turlock Main Canal Description of subject: Turlock Main Canal is a major irrigation canal in California’s Central Valley that delivers water from the Tuolumne River to agricultural lands in the Turlock Irrigation District.
Referenced by (1)
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