Mahakali River
E691641
The Mahakali River is a major transboundary river in the western Himalayas that forms part of the border between Nepal and India and supports irrigation, hydropower, and local livelihoods in the region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahakali River canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6564307 — 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: Mahakali River Context triple: [Sudurpashchim Province, hasMajorRiver, Mahakali River]
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A.
Kshipra River
The Kshipra River is a sacred river in central India that flows through the city of Ujjain and is an important site for Hindu religious rituals and pilgrimages.
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B.
Kangsabati River
The Kangsabati River is a major river in eastern India that flows through the states of West Bengal and Jharkhand, supporting agriculture, irrigation, and settlements along its course.
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C.
Swarnamukhi River
Swarnamukhi River is a river in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, known for flowing through temple towns like Tirupati and Srikalahasti before draining into the Bay of Bengal.
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D.
Manjara River
The Manjara River is a major tributary of the Godavari River in India, flowing through the Marathwada region and parts of Karnataka and Telangana and serving as an important source of irrigation and drinking water.
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E.
Parbati River
The Parbati River is a significant river in central India that contributes to the Chambal River system and supports agriculture and local ecosystems along its course.
- 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: Mahakali River Target entity description: The Mahakali River is a major transboundary river in the western Himalayas that forms part of the border between Nepal and India and supports irrigation, hydropower, and local livelihoods in the region.
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A.
Kshipra River
The Kshipra River is a sacred river in central India that flows through the city of Ujjain and is an important site for Hindu religious rituals and pilgrimages.
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B.
Kangsabati River
The Kangsabati River is a major river in eastern India that flows through the states of West Bengal and Jharkhand, supporting agriculture, irrigation, and settlements along its course.
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C.
Swarnamukhi River
Swarnamukhi River is a river in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, known for flowing through temple towns like Tirupati and Srikalahasti before draining into the Bay of Bengal.
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D.
Manjara River
The Manjara River is a major tributary of the Godavari River in India, flowing through the Marathwada region and parts of Karnataka and Telangana and serving as an important source of irrigation and drinking water.
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E.
Parbati River
The Parbati River is a significant river in central India that contributes to the Chambal River system and supports agriculture and local ecosystems along its course.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kali River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sharda River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
India
ⓘ
Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderRiverBetween | Uttarakhand and Nepal ⓘ |
| borderSegmentOf | India–Nepal international boundary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
India
ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Ganges Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsAlong |
Sudurpashchim Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally south-southeast ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Uttarakhand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formsBorderBetween |
India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formsBoundaryBetween | Uttarakhand and Nepal ⓘ |
| governedBy | Mahakali Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDam |
Sharada Barrage
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tanakpur Barrage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHydropowerProject | Tanakpur Hydropower Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPlannedProject | Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTributary |
Chamelia River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lipu Khola NERFINISHED ⓘ Lohawati River NERFINISHED ⓘ Saryu River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| importantFor |
India–Nepal water sharing
ⓘ
flood control ⓘ regional energy cooperation ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Western Himalayas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Mahakali TreatySignedBy |
India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | Ghaghra River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Ganges River system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Dharchula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mahendranagar (Bhimdatta) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pithoragarh district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | South Asia ⓘ |
| sourceLocation | Himalayas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
hydropower
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ local livelihoods ⓘ riparian ecosystems ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Ghaghra River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
agriculture
ⓘ
domestic water supply ⓘ fishing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mahakali River Description of subject: The Mahakali River is a major transboundary river in the western Himalayas that forms part of the border between Nepal and India and supports irrigation, hydropower, and local livelihoods in the region.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.