Green River Basin
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The Green River Basin is a large sedimentary basin in southwestern Wyoming known for its rich fossil beds, energy resources, and distinctive high-desert landscape.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Green River Basin canonical | 2 |
| Green River country | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9821494 — 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: Green River Basin Context triple: [Sweetwater County, locatedInPhysiographicRegion, Green River Basin]
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Snake River Basin
The Snake River Basin is a major watershed in the northwestern United States that drains much of Idaho and parts of neighboring states through the Snake River and its extensive network of tributaries.
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Green River Valley
Green River Valley is a fertile lowland region in western Washington known for its agricultural lands, floodplains, and growing suburban and industrial communities south of Seattle.
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Columbia River Basin
The Columbia River Basin is a vast watershed in the Pacific Northwest that drains portions of seven U.S. states and British Columbia into the Columbia River, supporting major ecosystems, agriculture, and hydroelectric power.
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D.
Colorado River Basin
The Colorado River Basin is the vast watershed in the western United States and northern Mexico that collects and channels water from multiple states and tributaries into the Colorado River, supporting major ecosystems, agriculture, and cities across an arid region.
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E.
Mono River basin
The Mono River basin is a West African watershed spanning parts of Togo and Benin, known for its role in regional agriculture, hydropower, and biodiversity.
- 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: Green River Basin Target entity description: The Green River Basin is a large sedimentary basin in southwestern Wyoming known for its rich fossil beds, energy resources, and distinctive high-desert landscape.
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A.
Snake River Basin
The Snake River Basin is a major watershed in the northwestern United States that drains much of Idaho and parts of neighboring states through the Snake River and its extensive network of tributaries.
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B.
Green River Valley
Green River Valley is a fertile lowland region in western Washington known for its agricultural lands, floodplains, and growing suburban and industrial communities south of Seattle.
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C.
Columbia River Basin
The Columbia River Basin is a vast watershed in the Pacific Northwest that drains portions of seven U.S. states and British Columbia into the Columbia River, supporting major ecosystems, agriculture, and hydroelectric power.
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D.
Colorado River Basin
The Colorado River Basin is the vast watershed in the western United States and northern Mexico that collects and channels water from multiple states and tributaries into the Colorado River, supporting major ecosystems, agriculture, and cities across an arid region.
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E.
Mono River basin
The Mono River basin is a West African watershed spanning parts of Togo and Benin, known for its role in regional agriculture, hydropower, and biodiversity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geologic basin
ⓘ
sedimentary basin ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid ⓘ |
| contains |
Bridger Formation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eocene lake deposits ⓘ Great Divide Basin (sub-basin) NERFINISHED ⓘ Green River Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Sand Wash Basin (margin) NERFINISHED ⓘ Wasatch Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Washakie Basin (sub-basin) NERFINISHED ⓘ fossil fish beds ⓘ invertebrate fossils ⓘ plant fossils ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crossedBy | Interstate 80 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
energy production
ⓘ
fossil collecting and research ⓘ mineral extraction ⓘ |
| formedDuring | Laramide orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicAge | Eocene ⓘ |
| geologicSetting | Laramide foreland basin ⓘ |
| hasResource |
coalbed methane
ⓘ
tight gas reservoirs ⓘ unconventional oil resources ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coal resources
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high-desert landscape ⓘ lacustrine sedimentary rocks ⓘ natural gas resources ⓘ oil shale deposits ⓘ rich fossil beds ⓘ soda ash production ⓘ trona deposits ⓘ |
| landscapeType | high desert ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Wyoming
ⓘ
southwestern Wyoming ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Green River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestCity |
Green River, Wyoming
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rock Springs, Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlies | Precambrian basement rocks ⓘ |
| partOf |
Greater Green River Basin (regional usage)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rocky Mountain region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLithology |
evaporites
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limestone ⓘ sandstone ⓘ shale ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
paleontologists
ⓘ
petroleum geologists ⓘ sedimentologists ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Green River Basin Description of subject: The Green River Basin is a large sedimentary basin in southwestern Wyoming known for its rich fossil beds, energy resources, and distinctive high-desert landscape.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Green River country