Lake Mead National Recreation Area
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Lake Mead National Recreation Area is a vast protected landscape in the American Southwest centered on the reservoirs of the Colorado River, offering desert scenery, water-based recreation, and wildlife habitat.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lake Mead National Recreation Area canonical | 38 |
| Hoover Dam area | 1 |
| Lake Mead National Recreation Area (portion) | 1 |
| Lake Mead Wilderness | 1 |
| Lake Mead area | 1 |
| Lake Mead region | 1 |
| Lake Mohave recreation areas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12080 — 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 Mead National Recreation Area Context triple: [Mojave Desert, contains, Lake Mead National Recreation Area]
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A.
Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam is a massive concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River, renowned as a landmark feat of 20th-century American engineering and a major source of hydroelectric power and water management in the Southwest.
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B.
Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree National Park is a vast desert park in Southern California known for its striking Joshua trees, rugged rock formations, and stark Mojave–Colorado desert landscapes.
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C.
Lake Tahoe Basin
The Lake Tahoe Basin is a high-altitude watershed in the Sierra Nevada centered on Lake Tahoe, renowned for its clear alpine lake, surrounding forests, and year-round outdoor recreation.
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D.
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lassen Volcanic National Park is a U.S. national park in northern California known for its active geothermal features, including fumaroles, hot springs, and the prominent Lassen Peak volcano.
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E.
South Lake Tahoe
South Lake Tahoe is a resort city in California known for its access to Lake Tahoe’s beaches, ski resorts, and outdoor recreation.
- 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 Mead National Recreation Area Target entity description: Lake Mead National Recreation Area is a vast protected landscape in the American Southwest centered on the reservoirs of the Colorado River, offering desert scenery, water-based recreation, and wildlife habitat.
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A.
Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam is a massive concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River, renowned as a landmark feat of 20th-century American engineering and a major source of hydroelectric power and water management in the Southwest.
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B.
Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree National Park is a vast desert park in Southern California known for its striking Joshua trees, rugged rock formations, and stark Mojave–Colorado desert landscapes.
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C.
Lake Tahoe Basin
The Lake Tahoe Basin is a high-altitude watershed in the Sierra Nevada centered on Lake Tahoe, renowned for its clear alpine lake, surrounding forests, and year-round outdoor recreation.
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D.
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lassen Volcanic National Park is a U.S. national park in northern California known for its active geothermal features, including fumaroles, hot springs, and the prominent Lassen Peak volcano.
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E.
South Lake Tahoe
South Lake Tahoe is a resort city in California known for its access to Lake Tahoe’s beaches, ski resorts, and outdoor recreation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national recreation area
ⓘ
protected area ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| area |
about 1,500,000 acres
ⓘ
about 607,000 hectares ⓘ |
| climate | arid ⓘ |
| contains |
Black Canyon
ⓘ
Eldorado Mountains ⓘ Muddy Mountains ⓘ |
| containsBodyOfWater |
Colorado River
ⓘ
Lake Mead ⓘ Lake Mohave ⓘ |
| containsStructure |
Davis Dam
ⓘ
Hoover Dam ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdAround | reservoirs of the Colorado River ⓘ |
| ecosystemType | desert ecosystem ⓘ |
| establishedAsNationalRecreationArea | October 8, 1964 ⓘ |
| follows | Colorado River ⓘ |
| governingBody |
U.S. Department of the Interior
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Department of the Interior
|
| hasPart |
Lake Mead
ⓘ
Lake Mohave ⓘ |
| hasVisitorCenter | Alan Bible Visitor Center ⓘ |
| inception | 1964 ⓘ |
| iucnCategory | V (Protected Landscape/Seascape) ⓘ |
| knownFor |
desert scenery
ⓘ
dramatic lake shorelines ⓘ water-based recreation ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
American Southwest
ⓘ
linked to:
southwestern United States
Arizona ⓘ
linked to:
Nevada
Nevada ⓘ |
| locatedInDesert |
Mojave Desert
ⓘ
Sonoran Desert transition zone ⓘ
linked to:
Sonoran–Mojave transition zone
|
| managingOrganization |
United States National Park Service
ⓘ
linked to:
National Park Service
|
| nearestCity | Las Vegas, Nevada ⓘ |
| offersActivity |
boating
ⓘ
camping ⓘ fishing ⓘ hiking ⓘ scuba diving ⓘ swimming ⓘ wildlife viewing ⓘ |
| operator | National Park Service ⓘ |
| partOf |
National Park System
ⓘ
linked to:
United States National Park System
|
| providesHabitatFor |
coyotes
ⓘ
desert bighorn sheep ⓘ migratory birds ⓘ various raptors ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lake Mead National Recreation Area Description of subject: Lake Mead National Recreation Area is a vast protected landscape in the American Southwest centered on the reservoirs of the Colorado River, offering desert scenery, water-based recreation, and wildlife habitat.
Referenced by (44)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
National Recreation Areas
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