Rosamond Dry Lake
E151804
Rosamond Dry Lake is a large endorheic dry lakebed in the Mojave Desert of California, known for its flat playa surface and use as a military and aerospace testing area.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rosamond Dry Lake canonical | 2 |
| Muroc Dry Lake | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1272500 — 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: Rosamond Dry Lake Context triple: [Rogers Dry Lake, near, Rosamond Dry Lake]
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A.
Cronese Dry Lake
Cronese Dry Lake is a dry lakebed in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, known for its arid playa landscape and proximity to Interstate 15.
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B.
Soda Dry Lake
Soda Dry Lake is a dry lake bed in California’s Mojave Desert, known for its stark salt flats and proximity to the former health resort site of Zzyzx.
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C.
Rogers Dry Lake
Rogers Dry Lake is a large dry lakebed in California’s Mojave Desert that serves as a natural runway and landing site for aircraft and space vehicles at Edwards Air Force Base.
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D.
Ivanpah Dry Lake
Ivanpah Dry Lake is a large, flat, dry lakebed in the Mojave Desert of southeastern California, known for land sailing, off-highway recreation, and its proximity to the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System.
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E.
El Mirage Dry Lake
El Mirage Dry Lake is a dry lakebed in California known for its vast, flat playa used for land-speed racing, off-highway recreation, and film production within the Mojave Desert.
- 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: Rosamond Dry Lake Target entity description: Rosamond Dry Lake is a large endorheic dry lakebed in the Mojave Desert of California, known for its flat playa surface and use as a military and aerospace testing area.
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A.
Cronese Dry Lake
Cronese Dry Lake is a dry lakebed in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, known for its arid playa landscape and proximity to Interstate 15.
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B.
Soda Dry Lake
Soda Dry Lake is a dry lake bed in California’s Mojave Desert, known for its stark salt flats and proximity to the former health resort site of Zzyzx.
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C.
Rogers Dry Lake
Rogers Dry Lake is a large dry lakebed in California’s Mojave Desert that serves as a natural runway and landing site for aircraft and space vehicles at Edwards Air Force Base.
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D.
Ivanpah Dry Lake
Ivanpah Dry Lake is a large, flat, dry lakebed in the Mojave Desert of southeastern California, known for land sailing, off-highway recreation, and its proximity to the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System.
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E.
El Mirage Dry Lake
El Mirage Dry Lake is a dry lakebed in California known for its vast, flat playa used for land-speed racing, off-highway recreation, and film production within the Mojave Desert.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dry lake
ⓘ
endorheic basin ⓘ playa ⓘ |
| accessControlledBy | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Rogers Dry Lake ⓘ |
| basinType | closed drainage basin ⓘ |
| category |
Edwards Air Force Base
ⓘ
Endorheic lakes of California ⓘ Lakes of Kern County, California ⓘ Landforms of the Mojave Desert ⓘ Military installations in California ⓘ |
| climateRegion | arid ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Kern County ⓘ |
| drainage | internal drainage ⓘ |
| environmentType | desert ⓘ |
| formationProcess | evaporation of standing water ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | desert basin ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
emergency landing area
ⓘ
test range ⓘ |
| hydrology | endorheic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Mojave Desert ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedOn |
Mojave Desert
ⓘ
surface form:
western Mojave Desert
|
| militaryInstallationAt | Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ |
| near | Rosamond, California ⓘ |
| notableFor |
large flat natural surface
ⓘ
use in flight testing ⓘ |
| partOf |
Antelope Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Antelope Valley region
Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ |
| proximityTo |
Edwards Air Force Base
ⓘ
surface form:
Edwards Air Force Base main airfield
|
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| surfaceCharacteristic | flat ⓘ |
| surfaceType | playa ⓘ |
| terrain | hard-packed clay ⓘ |
| usedBy |
NASA
ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aerospace testing
ⓘ
aircraft testing ⓘ military testing ⓘ runway operations ⓘ |
| waterPresence | intermittent ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rosamond Dry Lake Description of subject: Rosamond Dry Lake is a large endorheic dry lakebed in the Mojave Desert of California, known for its flat playa surface and use as a military and aerospace testing area.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Muroc Dry Lake