Friant-Kern Canal
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Friant-Kern Canal canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T474335 — 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: Friant-Kern Canal Context triple: [Central Valley Project, includes, Friant-Kern Canal]
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Delta-Mendota Canal
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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Mojave River
The Mojave River is an intermittent river in the Mojave Desert of California that mostly flows underground and provides a crucial water source for the region’s arid ecosystems and communities.
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Folsom Dam
Folsom Dam is a large concrete dam on the American River in California that provides flood control, water storage, and hydroelectric power for the Sacramento region.
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D.
Murray Irrigation Area
The Murray Irrigation Area is a major agricultural irrigation district in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its extensive network of channels supplying water to broadacre farms.
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E.
Central Valley Project
The Central Valley Project is a large-scale federal water management system in California that stores and delivers water for agriculture, cities, and environmental uses across the Central Valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Friant-Kern Canal Target entity description: 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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A.
Delta-Mendota Canal
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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B.
Mojave River
The Mojave River is an intermittent river in the Mojave Desert of California that mostly flows underground and provides a crucial water source for the region’s arid ecosystems and communities.
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C.
Folsom Dam
Folsom Dam is a large concrete dam on the American River in California that provides flood control, water storage, and hydroelectric power for the Sacramento region.
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Murray Irrigation Area
The Murray Irrigation Area is a major agricultural irrigation district in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its extensive network of channels supplying water to broadacre farms.
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E.
Central Valley Project
The Central Valley Project is a large-scale federal water management system in California that stores and delivers water for agriculture, cities, and environmental uses across the Central Valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
irrigation canal
ⓘ
water conveyance canal ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
groundwater overdraft in San Joaquin Valley
ⓘ
land subsidence ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Friant Water Authority ⓘ |
| connectsTo | Madera Canal via Friant Dam system ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1940s ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| divertsWaterFrom | San Joaquin River ⓘ |
| endPoint |
Kern River
ⓘ
surface form:
Kern River channel vicinity
near Bakersfield, California ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalImpact | alters natural flow regime of San Joaquin River ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
conveys stored water from Millerton Lake
ⓘ
reduces direct irrigation diversions from San Joaquin River mainstem ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructureType |
gravity-flow canal
ⓘ
lined canal ⓘ |
| length | approximately 152 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
San Joaquin Valley ⓘ San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
surface form:
San Joaquin Valley hydrologic region
San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
surface form:
San Joaquin Valley, California
southern Central Valley ⓘ |
| managedInPartBy | Friant Water Authority ⓘ |
| managingAgency |
Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
|
| nearbyCity |
Bakersfield
ⓘ
surface form:
Bakersfield, California
Fresno ⓘ
surface form:
Fresno, California
Visalia, California ⓘ |
| openingDate | early 1950s ⓘ |
| operator |
Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
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| partOf |
Central Valley Project
ⓘ
Friant Water Authority ⓘ
surface form:
Friant Division of the Central Valley Project
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| purpose |
industrial water supply
ⓘ
irrigation water delivery ⓘ municipal water supply ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Fresno County
ⓘ
Kern County ⓘ Tulare County, California ⓘ
surface form:
Tulare County
San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
surface form:
southern San Joaquin Valley
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| servesUse |
agricultural irrigation
ⓘ
municipal and industrial use ⓘ |
| startPoint |
Friant Dam
ⓘ
near Friant, California ⓘ |
| suppliesWaterTo |
communities in southern Central Valley
ⓘ
farms in southern San Joaquin Valley ⓘ |
| underwent | capacity restoration projects ⓘ |
| waterProject |
Central Valley Project
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Valley Project, Friant Division
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| waterSource |
Millerton Lake
ⓘ
San Joaquin River ⓘ |
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Subject: Friant-Kern Canal Description of subject: 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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