Oswego River

E98809

river

The Oswego River is a major waterway in central New York State that drains several Finger Lakes and flows northward through the city of Oswego before emptying into Lake Ontario.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Oswego River canonical	10
Oswego River watershed	5
Seneca River	4
Oswego River–Lake Ontario drainage basin	2
Oswego River drainage basin	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T373121 — 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: Oswego River
Context triple: [Lake Ontario, inflow, Oswego River]

A. Mohawk River
The Mohawk River is a major waterway in upstate New York that flows eastward through the Mohawk Valley and serves as a key route connecting the Great Lakes region to the Hudson River.
B. Saw Mill River
Saw Mill River is a tributary of the Hudson River in southeastern New York, flowing through urban and suburban communities in Westchester County.
C. Esopus Creek
Esopus Creek is a scenic stream in New York’s Catskill Mountains known for trout fishing, recreation, and its role in the New York City water supply system.
D. Quinnipiac River
The Quinnipiac River is a river in south-central Connecticut that flows south through several communities before emptying into Long Island Sound.
E. Hudson River
The Hudson River is a major waterway in eastern New York State that flows south past cities like Albany and New York City before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at New York Harbor.
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: Oswego River
Target entity description: The Oswego River is a major waterway in central New York State that drains several Finger Lakes and flows northward through the city of Oswego before emptying into Lake Ontario.

A. Mohawk River
The Mohawk River is a major waterway in upstate New York that flows eastward through the Mohawk Valley and serves as a key route connecting the Great Lakes region to the Hudson River.
B. Saw Mill River
Saw Mill River is a tributary of the Hudson River in southeastern New York, flowing through urban and suburban communities in Westchester County.
C. Esopus Creek
Esopus Creek is a scenic stream in New York’s Catskill Mountains known for trout fishing, recreation, and its role in the New York City water supply system.
D. Quinnipiac River
The Quinnipiac River is a river in south-central Connecticut that flows south through several communities before emptying into Long Island Sound.
E. Hudson River
The Hudson River is a major waterway in eastern New York State that flows south past cities like Albany and New York City before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at New York Harbor.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ
basinArea	approximately 13,200 square kilometers ⓘ approximately 5,100 square miles ⓘ
basinCountry	United States of America ⓘ
cityAtMouth	Oswego, New York ⓘ
confluenceLocation	Three Rivers, New York ⓘ
connectedTo	Erie Canal ⓘ Oswego Canal ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
crosses	New York State Canal System ⓘ surface form: Erie Canal system
drainageBasinIncludes	Finger Lakes ⓘ
drains	Cayuga Lake via Seneca River ⓘ Finger Lakes ⓘ surface form: Finger Lakes region Oneida Lake ⓘ surface form: Oneida Lake basin Owasco Lake via Owasco River and Seneca River ⓘ Seneca Lake via Seneca River ⓘ Seneca River ⓘ surface form: Seneca River system Skaneateles Lake via Skaneateles Creek and Seneca River ⓘ
flowsInto	Lake Ontario ⓘ
flowsThrough	Cayuga County NERFINISHED ⓘ Oswego, New York ⓘ surface form: City of Oswego Onondaga County NERFINISHED ⓘ Oswego County NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedByConfluenceOf	Oneida River ⓘ Seneca River ⓘ
hasLock	Oswego Canal ⓘ surface form: Oswego Canal locks
hasUse	hydroelectric power generation ⓘ navigation ⓘ recreation ⓘ sport fishing ⓘ
historicalUse	trade route in 18th and 19th centuries ⓘ transportation route between interior New York and Lake Ontario ⓘ
length	approximately 23 miles ⓘ approximately 37 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn	Central New York ⓘ New York ⓘ surface form: New York State
majorTributary	Fish Creek ⓘ Oneida River ⓘ Onondaga Creek ⓘ Seneca River ⓘ
mouth	Lake Ontario ⓘ
partOf	Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system ⓘ surface form: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River watershed Oswego River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oswego River drainage basin
region	Upstate New York (broad sense) ⓘ surface form: Upstate New York
sourceConfluence	Oneida River ⓘ Seneca River ⓘ
tributaryOf	Lake Ontario drainage basin ⓘ
waterbodyType	freshwater river ⓘ

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Referenced by (22)

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

Lake Ontario → inflow → Oswego River ⓘ

Central New York → hasRiver → Oswego River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seneca River

Cayuga Lake → primaryOutflow → Oswego River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seneca River

Skaneateles Lake → partOf → Oswego River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oswego River watershed

Savannah River → majorTributary → Oswego River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seneca River

Seneca Lake → outflow → Oswego River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seneca River

Oneida Lake → partOf → Oswego River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oswego River watershed

Oneida Lake → connectedTo → Oswego River ⓘ

Otisco Lake → partOf → Oswego River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oswego River watershed

Oswego River → partOf → Oswego River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oswego River drainage basin

Oswego Canal → followsRiver → Oswego River ⓘ

Fulton, New York → locatedOn → Oswego River ⓘ

Fulton, New York → riverCrossedBy → Oswego River ⓘ

Fulton, New York → waterBody → Oswego River ⓘ

Skaneateles Creek → partOf → Oswego River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oswego River watershed

Keuka Lake Outlet → partOf → Oswego River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oswego River watershed

Oswego, New York → namedAfter → Oswego River ⓘ

Oswego, New York → locatedAtMouthOf → Oswego River ⓘ

Owasco River → partOf → Oswego River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oswego River–Lake Ontario drainage basin

Owasco Inlet → partOf → Oswego River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oswego River–Lake Ontario drainage basin

Lake Ontario drainage basin → hasMajorInflow → Oswego River ⓘ

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