Colorado River Storage and Regulation System

All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Colorado River Storage Project	14
Colorado River Storage Project reservoirs	1
Colorado River Storage Project system	1
Colorado River Storage and Regulation System canonical	1
Colorado River hydropower system	1
Colorado River reservoir system	1
Upper Colorado River Basin water management system	1
Upper Colorado River Storage Project	1
Upper Colorado River Storage System (operationally related)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3209699 — 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: Colorado River Storage and Regulation System
Context triple: [Davis Dam, partOf, Colorado River Storage and Regulation System]

A. Colorado-Big Thompson Project
The Colorado-Big Thompson Project is a major transbasin water diversion and storage system in Colorado that delivers Colorado River water to the arid eastern plains for agriculture, cities, and industry.
B. Columbia Basin Project
The Columbia Basin Project is a large-scale irrigation and hydroelectric development in central Washington State that distributes water and power from the Grand Coulee Dam to support agriculture, industry, and communities across the region.
C. Klamath Project
The Klamath Project is a major federal water management and irrigation system in southern Oregon and northern California that supplies water to agriculture, wildlife refuges, and communities in the Klamath Basin.
D. Truckee-Carson Project
The Truckee-Carson Project is a major U.S. federal water management and irrigation initiative in western Nevada that diverts and distributes water from the Truckee and Carson rivers to support agriculture and regional development.
E. Glen Canyon Dam
Glen Canyon Dam is a massive concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona that created Lake Powell and plays a major role in water storage and hydroelectric power generation in the American Southwest.
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: Colorado River Storage and Regulation System
Target entity description: The Colorado River Storage and Regulation System is a network of dams, reservoirs, and related infrastructure designed to manage, store, and control the flow of the Colorado River for water supply, flood control, and hydroelectric power generation.

A. Colorado-Big Thompson Project
The Colorado-Big Thompson Project is a major transbasin water diversion and storage system in Colorado that delivers Colorado River water to the arid eastern plains for agriculture, cities, and industry.
B. Columbia Basin Project
The Columbia Basin Project is a large-scale irrigation and hydroelectric development in central Washington State that distributes water and power from the Grand Coulee Dam to support agriculture, industry, and communities across the region.
C. Klamath Project
The Klamath Project is a major federal water management and irrigation system in southern Oregon and northern California that supplies water to agriculture, wildlife refuges, and communities in the Klamath Basin.
D. Truckee-Carson Project
The Truckee-Carson Project is a major U.S. federal water management and irrigation initiative in western Nevada that diverts and distributes water from the Truckee and Carson rivers to support agriculture and regional development.
E. Glen Canyon Dam
Glen Canyon Dam is a massive concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona that created Lake Powell and plays a major role in water storage and hydroelectric power generation in the American Southwest.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dam and reservoir system ⓘ river regulation system ⓘ water resources infrastructure system ⓘ
associatedWith	hydropower markets in the western United States ⓘ interstate water management institutions ⓘ water rights compacts in the Colorado River Basin ⓘ
beneficiary	agricultural users in the Colorado River Basin ⓘ hydropower consumers in the western United States ⓘ industrial water users in the Colorado River Basin ⓘ municipal water users in the Colorado River Basin ⓘ
componentType	canal ⓘ dam ⓘ diversion works ⓘ hydroelectric power plant ⓘ intake structure ⓘ outlet works ⓘ reservoir ⓘ spillway ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
engineeringDiscipline	civil engineering ⓘ hydraulic engineering ⓘ water resources engineering ⓘ
environmentalConcern	fish and wildlife habitat alteration ⓘ greenhouse gas emissions from reservoirs ⓘ water quality changes in reservoirs and downstream reaches ⓘ
function	attenuate flood peaks ⓘ regulate downstream releases ⓘ store spring runoff for later use ⓘ
impact	changes in downstream aquatic and riparian ecosystems ⓘ changes in downstream sediment transport ⓘ creation of large artificial reservoirs ⓘ modification of natural flow regime of the Colorado River ⓘ
locatedIn	Colorado River Basin ⓘ
manages	seasonal variability of Colorado River flows ⓘ
purpose	flood control ⓘ hydroelectric power generation ⓘ industrial water supply support ⓘ irrigation support ⓘ municipal water supply support ⓘ river flow regulation ⓘ water storage ⓘ water supply ⓘ
regulates	timing of water deliveries to downstream states ⓘ volume of water released from storage reservoirs ⓘ
riverManaged	Colorado River ⓘ
supports	drought management in the Colorado River Basin ⓘ interstate water allocation agreements ⓘ long-distance water conveyance systems ⓘ navigation and river operations management ⓘ

How these facts were elicited