Delta-Mendota Canal
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The Delta-Mendota Canal is a major irrigation and water conveyance canal in California’s Central Valley that transports water from the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta to agricultural and urban users in the San Joaquin Valley.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Delta–Mendota Canal | 15 |
| Delta-Mendota Canal canonical | 6 |
| Delta–Mendota Canal connection | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T474334 — 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.
Target entity: Delta-Mendota Canal Context triple: [Central Valley Project, includes, Delta-Mendota Canal]
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A.
Delaware and Hudson Canal
The Delaware and Hudson Canal was a 19th-century engineering project that transported anthracite coal from Pennsylvania to the Hudson River, playing a key role in early American industrialization and canal-era commerce.
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B.
Champlain Canal
The Champlain Canal is a historic waterway in New York State that links the Hudson River to Lake Champlain, forming part of the state's inland navigation system.
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C.
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is a historic man-made waterway in New York State that opened in 1825, linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and transforming U.S. commerce and westward expansion.
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D.
New York State Canal System
The New York State Canal System is a network of interconnected canals and waterways in New York that evolved from historic routes like the Erie Canal and now supports recreation, tourism, and limited commercial navigation.
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E.
Delaware Aqueduct
The Delaware Aqueduct is a historic 19th-century suspension aqueduct that carried the Delaware and Hudson Canal over the Delaware River and is now preserved as the oldest surviving wire suspension bridge in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Delta-Mendota Canal Target entity description: The Delta-Mendota Canal is a major irrigation and water conveyance canal in California’s Central Valley that transports water from the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta to agricultural and urban users in the San Joaquin Valley.
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A.
Delaware and Hudson Canal
The Delaware and Hudson Canal was a 19th-century engineering project that transported anthracite coal from Pennsylvania to the Hudson River, playing a key role in early American industrialization and canal-era commerce.
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B.
Champlain Canal
The Champlain Canal is a historic waterway in New York State that links the Hudson River to Lake Champlain, forming part of the state's inland navigation system.
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C.
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is a historic man-made waterway in New York State that opened in 1825, linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and transforming U.S. commerce and westward expansion.
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New York State Canal System
The New York State Canal System is a network of interconnected canals and waterways in New York that evolved from historic routes like the Erie Canal and now supports recreation, tourism, and limited commercial navigation.
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Delaware Aqueduct
The Delaware Aqueduct is a historic 19th-century suspension aqueduct that carried the Delaware and Hudson Canal over the Delaware River and is now preserved as the oldest surviving wire suspension bridge in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aqueduct
ⓘ
irrigation canal ⓘ water conveyance canal ⓘ |
| connects |
Delta–Mendota Canal intake
ⓘ
surface form:
Mendota Pool on the San Joaquin River
Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta ⓘ
surface form:
Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta
|
| constructionStartDate | 1940s ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses | San Joaquin River basin ⓘ |
| endPoint |
Mendota Pool
ⓘ
San Joaquin River ⓘ |
| follows | San Joaquin River ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
redistribution of Central Valley Project water
ⓘ
replacement of San Joaquin River flows diverted by Friant Dam ⓘ |
| hasPumpingPlant |
Jones Pumping Plant
ⓘ
surface form:
C.W. Bill Jones Pumping Plant
|
| length | approximately 117 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Central Valley ⓘ Contra Costa County ⓘ Fresno County ⓘ Madera County, California ⓘ
surface form:
Madera County
Merced County ⓘ Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta ⓘ
surface form:
Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta region
San Joaquin County ⓘ San Joaquin Valley ⓘ Stanislaus County ⓘ |
| locatedInHydrologicRegion |
Delta hydrologic region
ⓘ
San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
surface form:
San Joaquin hydrologic region
|
| managedBy |
United States Department of the Interior
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of the Interior
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| openingDate | 1951 ⓘ |
| operator |
Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Bureau of Reclamation
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| owner |
Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Bureau of Reclamation
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| parallelTo | California Aqueduct ⓘ |
| partOf | Central Valley Project ⓘ |
| partOfProject |
Central Valley Project
ⓘ
surface form:
federal Central Valley Project
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| primaryUse | irrigation ⓘ |
| regionServed |
San Joaquin Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
western San Joaquin Valley
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| relatedInfrastructure |
California Aqueduct
ⓘ
Friant-Kern Canal ⓘ |
| secondaryUse | municipal water supply ⓘ |
| startPoint |
Jones Pumping Plant
ⓘ
surface form:
C.W. Bill Jones Pumping Plant
near Tracy, California ⓘ |
| suppliesWaterTo |
San Joaquin Valley
ⓘ
agricultural users ⓘ urban users ⓘ |
| usesWaterFrom |
Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta
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surface form:
Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta
|
| waterSource | Delta export pumps ⓘ |
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Subject: Delta-Mendota Canal Description of subject: The Delta-Mendota Canal is a major irrigation and water conveyance canal in California’s Central Valley that transports water from the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta to agricultural and urban users in the San Joaquin Valley.
Referenced by (22)
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