Cloud Canyon
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Cloud Canyon is a remote, glacially carved valley in California’s southern Sierra Nevada, known for its rugged granite scenery and alpine meadows within Sequoia National Park.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cloud Canyon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1417051 — 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: Cloud Canyon Context triple: [Great Western Divide, contains, Cloud Canyon]
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A.
Ice Box Canyon
Ice Box Canyon is a popular, shaded hiking and climbing area within Nevada’s Red Rock Canyon known for its cool temperatures, steep sandstone walls, and seasonal waterfalls.
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B.
Fern Canyon
Fern Canyon is a lush, narrow gorge in Northern California famed for its sheer walls draped in ferns and its appearance in films like Jurassic Park 2.
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C.
Golden Canyon
Golden Canyon is a popular hiking area in Death Valley National Park known for its colorful, eroded badlands and scenic desert canyon trails.
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D.
Lyell Canyon
Lyell Canyon is a scenic glacial valley in Yosemite National Park known for its meadows, the Lyell Fork of the Tuolumne River, and access to high Sierra backcountry.
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E.
Tenaya Canyon
Tenaya Canyon is a dramatic glacially carved gorge in Yosemite National Park, known for its steep granite walls, rugged terrain, and challenging backcountry routes between Tenaya Lake and Yosemite Valley.
- 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: Cloud Canyon Target entity description: Cloud Canyon is a remote, glacially carved valley in California’s southern Sierra Nevada, known for its rugged granite scenery and alpine meadows within Sequoia National Park.
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A.
Ice Box Canyon
Ice Box Canyon is a popular, shaded hiking and climbing area within Nevada’s Red Rock Canyon known for its cool temperatures, steep sandstone walls, and seasonal waterfalls.
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B.
Fern Canyon
Fern Canyon is a lush, narrow gorge in Northern California famed for its sheer walls draped in ferns and its appearance in films like Jurassic Park 2.
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C.
Golden Canyon
Golden Canyon is a popular hiking area in Death Valley National Park known for its colorful, eroded badlands and scenic desert canyon trails.
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D.
Lyell Canyon
Lyell Canyon is a scenic glacial valley in Yosemite National Park known for its meadows, the Lyell Fork of the Tuolumne River, and access to high Sierra backcountry.
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E.
Tenaya Canyon
Tenaya Canyon is a dramatic glacially carved gorge in Yosemite National Park, known for its steep granite walls, rugged terrain, and challenging backcountry routes between Tenaya Lake and Yosemite Valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canyon
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glacial valley ⓘ |
| fallsUnderRegulation | wilderness regulations of Sequoia National Park ⓘ |
| hasEcosystemType |
alpine meadow ecosystem
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subalpine ecosystem ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalOrigin | Pleistocene glaciation ⓘ |
| hasGeology | granite ⓘ |
| hasHydrologyFeature |
Roaring River
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creeks and streams ⓘ |
| hasLandscapeFeature |
alpine meadows
ⓘ
glacially carved walls ⓘ rugged granite scenery ⓘ steep granite cliffs ⓘ subalpine forest ⓘ |
| hasRecreationRestriction |
no motorized access
ⓘ
permit required for overnight trips ⓘ |
| isAccessibleBy |
backpacking
ⓘ
foot trails ⓘ |
| isRemote | true ⓘ |
| isWithinProtectedArea |
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
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surface form:
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks complex
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| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Sequoia National Park ⓘ Sierra Nevada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Southern Sierra Nevada ⓘ
surface form:
southern Sierra Nevada
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| managedBy |
National Park Service
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surface form:
U.S. National Park Service
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| partOf | Great Western Divide region ⓘ |
| popularFor |
alpine camping
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backpacking ⓘ scenic photography ⓘ wilderness hiking ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cloud Canyon Description of subject: Cloud Canyon is a remote, glacially carved valley in California’s southern Sierra Nevada, known for its rugged granite scenery and alpine meadows within Sequoia National Park.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.