Lake Bonneville
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Lake Bonneville was a massive prehistoric pluvial lake that once covered much of present-day Utah and surrounding areas during the last Ice Age, leaving behind features such as the Great Salt Lake and prominent shoreline terraces.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lake Bonneville canonical | 7 |
| Pleistocene Lake Bonneville system | 2 |
| Lake Bonneville (Columbia River) | 1 |
| Lake Bonneville basin | 1 |
| Lake Lahontan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2842850 — 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: Lake Bonneville Context triple: [Grove Karl Gilbert, notableWork, Lake Bonneville]
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A.
Utah Lake
Utah Lake is a large, shallow freshwater lake in north-central Utah that serves as a key natural and recreational feature of Utah Valley.
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B.
Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is a large, shallow, hypersaline lake in northern Utah, known as the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere and a critical habitat for millions of migratory birds.
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C.
Donner Lake
Donner Lake is a scenic alpine lake in the Sierra Nevada of California, known for its clear waters, recreational activities, and historical association with the Donner Party.
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D.
Sevier Lake
Sevier Lake is a large, typically dry terminal lake in central Utah’s Great Basin, known for its fluctuating water levels and saline playa environment.
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E.
Pyramid Lake
Pyramid Lake is a large desert lake in northwestern Nevada known for its striking pyramid-shaped tufa formations and cultural significance to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe.
- 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: Lake Bonneville Target entity description: Lake Bonneville was a massive prehistoric pluvial lake that once covered much of present-day Utah and surrounding areas during the last Ice Age, leaving behind features such as the Great Salt Lake and prominent shoreline terraces.
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A.
Utah Lake
Utah Lake is a large, shallow freshwater lake in north-central Utah that serves as a key natural and recreational feature of Utah Valley.
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B.
Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is a large, shallow, hypersaline lake in northern Utah, known as the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere and a critical habitat for millions of migratory birds.
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C.
Donner Lake
Donner Lake is a scenic alpine lake in the Sierra Nevada of California, known for its clear waters, recreational activities, and historical association with the Donner Party.
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D.
Sevier Lake
Sevier Lake is a large, typically dry terminal lake in central Utah’s Great Basin, known for its fluctuating water levels and saline playa environment.
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E.
Pyramid Lake
Pyramid Lake is a large desert lake in northwestern Nevada known for its striking pyramid-shaped tufa formations and cultural significance to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
paleolake
ⓘ
prehistoric pluvial lake ⓘ |
| climateType | pluvial climate conditions ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| drainageBasin |
Bonneville Basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Basin
|
| drainageEvent | Bonneville flood ⓘ |
| evidenceType |
beach gravels
ⓘ
strandlines ⓘ wave-cut benches ⓘ |
| existedDuring | last Ice Age ⓘ |
| extendedInto |
Idaho
ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ |
| hydrologicSetting | endorheic basin ⓘ |
| influencedLandforms |
Bonneville Salt Flats
ⓘ
Wasatch Front shoreline terraces ⓘ
linked to:
Wasatch Front
|
| leftFeature |
Bonneville shoreline
ⓘ
linked to:
Bonneville Salt Flats
Gilbert shoreline ⓘ Provo shoreline ⓘ |
| leftRemnant |
Great Salt Lake
ⓘ
Sevier Lake ⓘ Utah Lake ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Great Basin
ⓘ
present-day Utah ⓘ |
| maximumDepth |
approximately 1000 feet
ⓘ
approximately 300 meters ⓘ |
| maximumSurfaceArea |
approximately 20,000 square miles
ⓘ
approximately 51,000 square kilometers ⓘ |
| maximumVolume | approximately 9,500 cubic kilometers ⓘ |
| modernBasinName | Great Basin subregion: Bonneville Basin ⓘ |
| modernRemnantType |
freshwater lake (Utah Lake)
ⓘ
saline lake (Great Salt Lake) ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville ⓘ |
| notableEvent | catastrophic overflow and incision at Red Rock Pass ⓘ |
| outletLocation | Red Rock Pass, Idaho ⓘ |
| overflowedInto |
Columbia River system
ⓘ
linked to:
Columbia River
Snake River ⓘ |
| primaryWaterSource |
glacial meltwater
ⓘ
precipitation ⓘ |
| reasonForDesiccation |
increased evaporation
ⓘ
postglacial climate warming ⓘ reduced precipitation ⓘ |
| regionToday |
Wasatch Front metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Wasatch Front urban corridor
|
| shorelineElevation |
Bonneville shoreline about 1550 meters above sea level
ⓘ
Provo shoreline about 1460 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Quaternary geology
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geomorphology ⓘ paleoclimatology ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Pleistocene epoch ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lake Bonneville Description of subject: Lake Bonneville was a massive prehistoric pluvial lake that once covered much of present-day Utah and surrounding areas during the last Ice Age, leaving behind features such as the Great Salt Lake and prominent shoreline terraces.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lake Bonneville
linked to: Lake Bonneville
subject linked to:
Sevier Lake (dry lake bed)
linked to: Lake Bonneville
linked to: Lake Bonneville
linked to: Lake Bonneville