Bolshaya Nevka

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distributary river channel geographical feature river of Saint Petersburg

Bolshaya Nevka is a major distributary channel of the Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia, forming part of the city’s intricate river and canal network.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Bolshaya Nevka River	11
Bolshaya Nevka canonical	5
Middle Nevka	2
Srednyaya Nevka River	1
Большая Невка	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T485639 — 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: Bolshaya Nevka
Context triple: [Neva River, hasTributary, Bolshaya Nevka]

A. Fontanka River
The Fontanka River is a major distributary of the Neva in Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for its historic embankments, bridges, and role in defining the city’s central layout.
B. Moika River
The Moika River is a small, historic waterway in central Saint Petersburg, Russia, lined with notable palaces and landmarks and forming part of the city’s iconic canal network.
C. Moskva River
The Moskva River is a major waterway in western Russia that flows through and gives its name to the capital city, Moscow.
D. Okhta River
The Okhta River is a tributary waterway in northwestern Russia that flows through Saint Petersburg before joining the Neva River.
E. Samara River
The Samara River is a significant river in European Russia that flows through the Samara region before joining the Volga River.
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: Bolshaya Nevka
Target entity description: Bolshaya Nevka is a major distributary channel of the Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia, forming part of the city’s intricate river and canal network.

A. Fontanka River
The Fontanka River is a major distributary of the Neva in Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for its historic embankments, bridges, and role in defining the city’s central layout.
B. Moika River
The Moika River is a small, historic waterway in central Saint Petersburg, Russia, lined with notable palaces and landmarks and forming part of the city’s iconic canal network.
C. Moskva River
The Moskva River is a major waterway in western Russia that flows through and gives its name to the capital city, Moscow.
D. Okhta River
The Okhta River is a tributary waterway in northwestern Russia that flows through Saint Petersburg before joining the Neva River.
E. Samara River
The Samara River is a significant river in European Russia that flows through the Samara region before joining the Volga River.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	distributary river channel ⓘ geographical feature ⓘ river of Saint Petersburg ⓘ
adjacentTo	Petrovsky Island ⓘ surface form: Kamenny Island Krestovsky Island ⓘ Petrogradsky Island ⓘ Zayachy Island ⓘ surface form: Yelagin Island
climateZone	humid continental climate region ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
crossedBy	Grenadersky Bridge ⓘ Kantemirovsky Bridge ⓘ Lanskoy Bridge ⓘ Third Yelagin Bridge ⓘ Trinity Bridge ⓘ Ushakovsky Bridge ⓘ
flowsInto	Malaya Nevka via connecting channels ⓘ Neva Bay ⓘ surface form: Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland
flowsThrough	Petrogradsky District ⓘ Primorsky District ⓘ Vyborgsky District ⓘ
formsPartOf	embankments of the Neva River ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg river and canal network
hasBankUse	parks and recreational areas along banks ⓘ residential development along banks ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	featured in views and panoramas of Saint Petersburg ⓘ
hasEtymology	name derived from the Neva River ⓘ
hasInfrastructure	embankments and quays along its course ⓘ
hasLanguageOfSurroundingRegion	Russian ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage	Большая Невака ⓘ Bolshaya Nevka self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Большая Невка
hasNavigationCondition	navigable for small and medium vessels ⓘ
hasNotableFeature	forms waterways around several islands in Saint Petersburg ⓘ part of the historical cityscape of Saint Petersburg ⓘ
locatedIn	St. Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg
locatedInHydrologicalBasin	Baltic Sea drainage basin ⓘ surface form: Baltic Sea basin Gulf of Finland ⓘ surface form: Gulf of Finland basin
locatedInTimeZone	UTC+3 ⓘ
locatedNear	central Saint Petersburg ⓘ
mouthOfWatercourse	Neva River ⓘ
partOf	Neva River delta ⓘ urban landscape of Saint Petersburg ⓘ
tributaryOrDistributaryOf	Neva River ⓘ
usedFor	recreational boating ⓘ tourist river cruises ⓘ urban water transport ⓘ
watercourseOrigin	Neva River ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Neva River → hasTributary → Bolshaya Nevka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Middle Nevka

Malaya Nevka → isHydrologicallyConnectedTo → Bolshaya Nevka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Middle Nevka

Bolshaya Nevka → hasNameInLanguage → Bolshaya Nevka self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Большая Невка

Petrogradsky District → borderedBy → Bolshaya Nevka ⓘ