Yangon River
E229218
The Yangon River is a major waterway in southern Myanmar that flows past the city of Yangon before emptying into the Gulf of Martaban.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yangon River canonical | 19 |
| Yangon River system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1965824 — 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: Yangon River Context triple: [Yangon, nearWaterBody, Yangon River]
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A.
Hlaing River
The Hlaing River is a major waterway in Myanmar that flows through the city of Yangon and plays a key role in its transport and commerce.
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B.
Irrawaddy River
The Irrawaddy River is Myanmar’s largest and most important waterway, serving as a vital transport route and lifeline for agriculture, fisheries, and riverine communities from the north to the Andaman Sea.
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C.
Myawaddy
Myawaddy is a key Myanmar border town in Kayin State, situated across the Moei River from Thailand’s Mae Sot and serving as a major hub for cross-border trade and travel.
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D.
Tha Chin River
The Tha Chin River is a significant distributary of Thailand’s Chao Phraya River that flows through central provinces before emptying into the Gulf of Thailand.
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E.
Batang Hari River
The Batang Hari River is the longest river in Sumatra, Indonesia, flowing through several provinces and serving as an important waterway for transportation, agriculture, and local communities.
- 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: Yangon River Target entity description: The Yangon River is a major waterway in southern Myanmar that flows past the city of Yangon before emptying into the Gulf of Martaban.
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A.
Hlaing River
The Hlaing River is a major waterway in Myanmar that flows through the city of Yangon and plays a key role in its transport and commerce.
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B.
Irrawaddy River
The Irrawaddy River is Myanmar’s largest and most important waterway, serving as a vital transport route and lifeline for agriculture, fisheries, and riverine communities from the north to the Andaman Sea.
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C.
Myawaddy
Myawaddy is a key Myanmar border town in Kayin State, situated across the Moei River from Thailand’s Mae Sot and serving as a major hub for cross-border trade and travel.
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D.
Tha Chin River
The Tha Chin River is a significant distributary of Thailand’s Chao Phraya River that flows through central provinces before emptying into the Gulf of Thailand.
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E.
Batang Hari River
The Batang Hari River is the longest river in Sumatra, Indonesia, flowing through several provinces and serving as an important waterway for transportation, agriculture, and local communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
river
ⓘ
waterway ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Yangon downtown waterfront
ⓘ
linked to:
Yangon City Hall
industrial zones of Yangon ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Myanmar ⓘ |
| connectsTo | Andaman Sea ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Myanmar ⓘ |
| drainageBasin |
Gulf of Martaban basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Gulf of Martaban
|
| emptiesInto | Gulf of Martaban ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally southward ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Yangon ⓘ |
| hasEconomicRole |
main maritime access for Yangon
ⓘ
supports fishing ⓘ supports local ferry transport ⓘ supports port activities ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalIssue |
sedimentation in navigation channel
ⓘ
water pollution near Yangon ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
navigable channel
ⓘ
tidal estuary ⓘ |
| hasFunction | access route for international shipping to Yangon ⓘ |
| hasMouthPositionRelativeTo |
northwestern Gulf of Martaban
ⓘ
linked to:
Gulf of Martaban
|
| hasPort | Port of Yangon ⓘ |
| hasTributary |
Myitmaka River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pegu River ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Burmese ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southern Myanmar ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Bay of Bengal watershed ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | Gulf of Martaban ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Yangon ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Thanlyin
ⓘ
Twante ⓘ |
| partOf |
Irrawaddy River delta
ⓘ
linked to:
Irrawaddy Delta
|
| passesBy | Yangon ⓘ |
| region |
Lower Myanmar
ⓘ
linked to:
southern Myanmar
|
| tributaryOf | Gulf of Martaban ⓘ |
| usedFor |
shipping
ⓘ
trade ⓘ transportation ⓘ |
| watercourseThrough | Yangon Region ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yangon River Description of subject: The Yangon River is a major waterway in southern Myanmar that flows past the city of Yangon before emptying into the Gulf of Martaban.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Yangon River