Macquarie River (New South Wales)

E157877

inland river river

The Macquarie River is a major inland river of central-western New South Wales, Australia, flowing through agricultural regions and wetlands before joining the Barwon-Darling river system.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Macquarie River	9
Macquarie River (New South Wales) canonical	1
Macquarie River (namesake)	1
Macquarie River catchment	1
Macquarie River valley	1
Wambuul (for the Macquarie River area)	1
lower Macquarie River	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T822587 — 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: Macquarie River (New South Wales)
Context triple: [Murray–Darling Basin, containsRiver, Macquarie River (New South Wales)]

A. Murrumbidgee River
The Murrumbidgee River is a major inland river in southeastern Australia that flows through New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory before joining the Murray River.
B. Leichhardt River
The Leichhardt River is a major river in northwestern Queensland, Australia, flowing through the Mount Isa region before emptying into the Gulf of Carpentaria.
C. Yass River
Yass River is a watercourse in New South Wales, Australia, that flows through the Southern Tablelands and joins the Murrumbidgee River.
D. Lachlan River
Lachlan River is a major inland river in New South Wales, Australia, flowing through agricultural regions before joining the Murrumbidgee River system.
E. Darling River
The Darling River is one of Australia’s major inland rivers, flowing through New South Wales and forming part of the Murray–Darling Basin, a crucial agricultural and ecological region.
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: Macquarie River (New South Wales)
Target entity description: The Macquarie River is a major inland river of central-western New South Wales, Australia, flowing through agricultural regions and wetlands before joining the Barwon-Darling river system.

A. Murrumbidgee River
The Murrumbidgee River is a major inland river in southeastern Australia that flows through New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory before joining the Murray River.
B. Leichhardt River
The Leichhardt River is a major river in northwestern Queensland, Australia, flowing through the Mount Isa region before emptying into the Gulf of Carpentaria.
C. Yass River
Yass River is a watercourse in New South Wales, Australia, that flows through the Southern Tablelands and joins the Murrumbidgee River.
D. Lachlan River
Lachlan River is a major inland river in New South Wales, Australia, flowing through agricultural regions before joining the Murrumbidgee River system.
E. Darling River
The Darling River is one of Australia’s major inland rivers, flowing through New South Wales and forming part of the Murray–Darling Basin, a crucial agricultural and ecological region.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	inland river ⓘ river ⓘ
basinSize	approximately 74,000 square kilometres ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
crosses	Central Tablelands ⓘ Orana region ⓘ
damPurpose	flood mitigation ⓘ water storage ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans	George Evans ⓘ
ecologicalSignificance	supports significant waterbird populations in Macquarie Marshes ⓘ
economicSignificance	supports broadacre agriculture ⓘ supports cotton production ⓘ supports grazing industries ⓘ
flowsInto	Barwon River ⓘ
flowsIntoSystem	Barwon–Darling river system ⓘ linked to: Barwon River
flowsThrough	Bathurst ⓘ Dubbo ⓘ Narromine ⓘ Warren ⓘ Wellington ⓘ
hasDam	Burrendong Dam ⓘ
hasFloodHistory	subject to periodic flooding ⓘ
hasTributary	Bell River ⓘ Bogan River ⓘ Coolbaggie Creek ⓘ Cudgegong River ⓘ Little River (Macquarie) ⓘ Talbragar River ⓘ
hasWetland	Lower Macquarie wetlands ⓘ linked to: Macquarie Marshes Macquarie Marshes ⓘ
length	approximately 960 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	New South Wales ⓘ
locatedInRegion	central-western New South Wales ⓘ
managedBy	New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment – Water ⓘ linked to: Department of Planning and Environment (NSW)
mouthLocation	near Brewarrina ⓘ
mouthOf	Barwon River ⓘ
namedAfter	Lachlan Macquarie ⓘ
nameEtymology	named in honour of Governor Lachlan Macquarie ⓘ
partOf	Murray–Darling basin ⓘ linked to: Murray–Darling Basin
sourceLocation	Great Dividing Range ⓘ linked to: Great Dividing Range (part) near Oberon ⓘ
usedFor	irrigation ⓘ recreation ⓘ stock watering ⓘ town water supply ⓘ
wetlandsRamsarStatus	Macquarie Marshes Ramsar site ⓘ linked to: Macquarie Marshes
yearOfEuropeanDiscovery	1813 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited