Salt Lake of Qom
E1032559
Salt Lake of Qom is a large endorheic salt lake in north-central Iran, known for its high salinity, seasonal water level fluctuations, and role as a major inland basin in the Qom region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Qom Salt Lake | 1 |
| Salt Lake of Qom canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13286986 — 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: Salt Lake of Qom Context triple: [Qom River, mouthLocatedIn, Salt Lake of Qom]
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A.
Hamun Lake
Hamun Lake is a seasonal, endorheic lake system in the Sistan Basin on the Iran–Afghanistan border, known for its ecological importance and dependence on inflows from the Helmand River.
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B.
Amir Kabir Lake
Amir Kabir Lake is an artificial reservoir in Iran, formed by the Karaj Dam and known for supplying water, hydroelectric power, and recreational opportunities near Tehran.
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C.
Haleji Lake
Haleji Lake is a large freshwater reservoir and important bird sanctuary in Sindh, Pakistan, renowned as a key wintering site for migratory waterfowl.
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D.
Hazar Lake
Hazar Lake is a tectonic freshwater lake in eastern Turkey known as the source of the Tigris River and a popular regional destination for recreation and tourism.
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E.
Lyab-i Hauz pond
Lyab-i Hauz pond is a historic central pool in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, around which a famous architectural ensemble of madrasas and caravanserais was built.
- 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: Salt Lake of Qom Target entity description: Salt Lake of Qom is a large endorheic salt lake in north-central Iran, known for its high salinity, seasonal water level fluctuations, and role as a major inland basin in the Qom region.
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A.
Hamun Lake
Hamun Lake is a seasonal, endorheic lake system in the Sistan Basin on the Iran–Afghanistan border, known for its ecological importance and dependence on inflows from the Helmand River.
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B.
Amir Kabir Lake
Amir Kabir Lake is an artificial reservoir in Iran, formed by the Karaj Dam and known for supplying water, hydroelectric power, and recreational opportunities near Tehran.
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C.
Haleji Lake
Haleji Lake is a large freshwater reservoir and important bird sanctuary in Sindh, Pakistan, renowned as a key wintering site for migratory waterfowl.
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D.
Hazar Lake
Hazar Lake is a tectonic freshwater lake in eastern Turkey known as the source of the Tigris River and a popular regional destination for recreation and tourism.
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E.
Lyab-i Hauz pond
Lyab-i Hauz pond is a historic central pool in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, around which a famous architectural ensemble of madrasas and caravanserais was built.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
endorheic lake
ⓘ
salt lake ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Endorheic lakes of Asia
ⓘ
Lakes of Iran ⓘ Salt lakes ⓘ |
| climateZone |
arid
ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| drainageType | endorheic ⓘ |
| ecosystemType | salt lake ecosystem ⓘ |
| environmentalIssue |
salt storms risk when dry
ⓘ
susceptibility to desiccation ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | Iranian plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
endorheic basin
ⓘ
high salinity ⓘ inland drainage basin ⓘ seasonal water level fluctuations ⓘ |
| hasShoreFeature |
playa deposits
ⓘ
salt flats ⓘ |
| humanUse | limited due to high salinity ⓘ |
| hydrologicalType | closed basin ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a major inland basin in Qom region
ⓘ
high salinity ⓘ seasonal changes in surface area ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Qom Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
north-central Iran ⓘ |
| locatedNear | city of Qom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| outflow | none ⓘ |
| partOf |
Qom region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
endorheic basins of the Iranian plateau ⓘ |
| region | central plateau of Iran ⓘ |
| role |
major inland basin in Qom region
ⓘ
regional sink for surface runoff ⓘ |
| salinityCause | high evaporation and low outflow ⓘ |
| salinityType | hypersaline ⓘ |
| surfaceWaterBalance | dominated by evaporation ⓘ |
| waterLevelVariation |
interannual
ⓘ
seasonal ⓘ |
| waterSource |
precipitation
ⓘ
seasonal rivers and streams ⓘ surface runoff ⓘ |
| waterType | saline water ⓘ |
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: Salt Lake of Qom Description of subject: Salt Lake of Qom is a large endorheic salt lake in north-central Iran, known for its high salinity, seasonal water level fluctuations, and role as a major inland basin in the Qom region.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.