Spring Valley groundwater basin
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The Spring Valley groundwater basin is an aquifer system in eastern Nevada that underlies the arid Spring Valley region and supplies water to its ecosystems and human uses.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spring Valley groundwater basin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6701457 — 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: Spring Valley groundwater basin Context triple: [Spring Valley (Nevada), hydrologicalBasinOf, Spring Valley groundwater basin]
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A.
Springfield Plateau aquifer
The Springfield Plateau aquifer is a groundwater-bearing geologic formation in the Ozark region that supplies water to springs, wells, and streams across parts of Missouri and neighboring states.
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B.
Midwood-Highlands groundwater drainage basin
The Midwood-Highlands groundwater drainage basin is a hydrological region in Brooklyn, New York, that collects and channels groundwater flow toward coastal areas such as Gravesend Bay.
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C.
Franklin Lakes basin
Franklin Lakes basin is a scenic alpine lake basin in California’s Sierra Nevada, known for its turquoise waters and surrounding rugged mountain scenery.
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D.
Murray Irrigation Area
The Murray Irrigation Area is a major agricultural irrigation district in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its extensive network of channels supplying water to broadacre farms.
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E.
Indian Valley
Indian Valley is a rural community area in northeastern California known for its scenic mountain landscapes, ranching, and small historic towns.
- 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: Spring Valley groundwater basin Target entity description: The Spring Valley groundwater basin is an aquifer system in eastern Nevada that underlies the arid Spring Valley region and supplies water to its ecosystems and human uses.
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A.
Springfield Plateau aquifer
The Springfield Plateau aquifer is a groundwater-bearing geologic formation in the Ozark region that supplies water to springs, wells, and streams across parts of Missouri and neighboring states.
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B.
Midwood-Highlands groundwater drainage basin
The Midwood-Highlands groundwater drainage basin is a hydrological region in Brooklyn, New York, that collects and channels groundwater flow toward coastal areas such as Gravesend Bay.
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C.
Franklin Lakes basin
Franklin Lakes basin is a scenic alpine lake basin in California’s Sierra Nevada, known for its turquoise waters and surrounding rugged mountain scenery.
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D.
Murray Irrigation Area
The Murray Irrigation Area is a major agricultural irrigation district in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its extensive network of channels supplying water to broadacre farms.
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E.
Indian Valley
Indian Valley is a rural community area in northeastern California known for its scenic mountain landscapes, ranching, and small historic towns.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aquifer system
ⓘ
groundwater basin ⓘ |
| climateCharacteristic | arid ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dischargeForm |
groundwater pumping
ⓘ
phreatophytic vegetation evapotranspiration ⓘ springs ⓘ |
| geologicSetting | basin-and-range province ⓘ |
| hasAquiferType |
semi-confined aquifer
ⓘ
unconfined aquifer ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalConcern |
ecosystem impacts from groundwater pumping
ⓘ
groundwater depletion risk ⓘ |
| hasHydrogeologicUnit |
alluvial aquifer
ⓘ
carbonate-rock aquifer ⓘ |
| hasUse |
supports human water use in Spring Valley
ⓘ
supports natural springs and seeps ⓘ |
| hasWaterType | groundwater ⓘ |
| hydrologicProcess | groundwater flow from mountain blocks to valley center ⓘ |
| hydrologicRegion |
Great Basin hydrologic province
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Basin
|
| locatedIn |
Great Basin region
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Basin
Spring Valley ⓘ eastern Nevada ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Nevada ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| monitoredBy |
State of Nevada water agencies
ⓘ
linked to:
Nevada Division of Water Resources
U.S. Geological Survey ⓘ
linked to:
United States Geological Survey
|
| partOf | regional Great Basin aquifer systems ⓘ |
| rechargeSource |
infiltration of precipitation
ⓘ
mountain-front recharge ⓘ snowmelt from surrounding ranges ⓘ |
| supports |
desert ecosystems
ⓘ
phreatophyte communities ⓘ wetland habitats ⓘ wildlife habitat ⓘ |
| underlies |
Spring Valley
ⓘ
arid basin-fill valley ⓘ |
| usedFor |
agricultural irrigation
ⓘ
domestic wells ⓘ livestock watering ⓘ municipal water supply ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Spring Valley groundwater basin Description of subject: The Spring Valley groundwater basin is an aquifer system in eastern Nevada that underlies the arid Spring Valley region and supplies water to its ecosystems and human uses.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Spring Valley