Yaqui Valley irrigation system
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The Yaqui Valley irrigation system is a large-scale agricultural water management network in Sonora, Mexico, that transformed the region into a highly productive center for irrigated farming, especially wheat.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yaqui River irrigation district | 1 |
| Yaqui Valley irrigation system canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5857634 — 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: Yaqui Valley irrigation system Context triple: [Ciudad Obregón, developedWithIrrigationDistrict, Yaqui Valley irrigation system]
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A.
Tucson Aqueduct
The Tucson Aqueduct is a major canal system in southern Arizona that delivers Colorado River water to the Tucson area as part of the Central Arizona Project.
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B.
Salt River Project
Salt River Project is a major public utility in Arizona that provides electricity and water to the Phoenix metropolitan area through a combination of power generation, transmission, and irrigation services.
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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.
Colorado River Aqueduct
The Colorado River Aqueduct is a major water conveyance system that transports Colorado River water across the desert to supply Southern California’s cities and agricultural areas.
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E.
Los Angeles Aqueduct
The Los Angeles Aqueduct is a major early-20th-century water conveyance system that transports water from California’s Owens Valley to the city of Los Angeles, profoundly shaping the region’s growth and sparking enduring environmental and political controversies.
- 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: Yaqui Valley irrigation system Target entity description: The Yaqui Valley irrigation system is a large-scale agricultural water management network in Sonora, Mexico, that transformed the region into a highly productive center for irrigated farming, especially wheat.
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A.
Tucson Aqueduct
The Tucson Aqueduct is a major canal system in southern Arizona that delivers Colorado River water to the Tucson area as part of the Central Arizona Project.
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B.
Salt River Project
Salt River Project is a major public utility in Arizona that provides electricity and water to the Phoenix metropolitan area through a combination of power generation, transmission, and irrigation services.
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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.
Colorado River Aqueduct
The Colorado River Aqueduct is a major water conveyance system that transports Colorado River water across the desert to supply Southern California’s cities and agricultural areas.
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E.
Los Angeles Aqueduct
The Los Angeles Aqueduct is a major early-20th-century water conveyance system that transports water from California’s Owens Valley to the city of Los Angeles, profoundly shaping the region’s growth and sparking enduring environmental and political controversies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
agricultural infrastructure
ⓘ
irrigation system ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
CIMMYT
ⓘ
Green Revolution in Mexico ⓘ
linked to:
Green Revolution
Norman Borlaug ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| developedInContextOf | Mexican federal irrigation projects ⓘ |
| effect | transformed Yaqui Valley into a highly productive agricultural region ⓘ |
| enables |
high-input agriculture
ⓘ
mechanized farming ⓘ multiple cropping per year ⓘ |
| environmentalImpact |
changes in river flow regime
ⓘ
groundwater depletion concerns ⓘ soil salinization risk ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
canals
ⓘ
diversion dams ⓘ drainage channels ⓘ lateral canals ⓘ pumping stations ⓘ reservoirs ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high wheat yields
ⓘ
intensive fertilizer use ⓘ large-scale commercial farming ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Yaqui Valley
ⓘ
northwestern Mexico ⓘ
linked to:
Northwestern Mexico
state of Sonora ⓘ
linked to:
Estado de Sonora
|
| mainCrop |
cotton
ⓘ
maize ⓘ vegetables ⓘ wheat ⓘ |
| management | Mexican irrigation district authorities ⓘ |
| primaryRiver | Yaqui River ⓘ |
| purpose |
intensive cereal cultivation
ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ wheat production ⓘ |
| regionTransformed | Yaqui Valley ⓘ |
| researchSiteFor |
climate change impact on agriculture
ⓘ
sustainability studies ⓘ water management optimization ⓘ |
| supports |
export-oriented agriculture
ⓘ
regional rural employment ⓘ |
| usedFor |
agronomic experimentation
ⓘ
fertilizer response trials ⓘ irrigation management research ⓘ testing high-yield wheat varieties ⓘ |
| waterSource |
Yaqui River
ⓘ
reservoirs on the Yaqui River ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yaqui Valley irrigation system Description of subject: The Yaqui Valley irrigation system is a large-scale agricultural water management network in Sonora, Mexico, that transformed the region into a highly productive center for irrigated farming, especially wheat.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Yaqui Valley irrigation system