Upper Ganga Canal system
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The Upper Ganga Canal system is a major irrigation and water management network in northern India that channels water from the Ganges River to support agriculture, drinking water supply, and power generation across several states.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ganga canal network | 1 |
| Ganges Canal system | 1 |
| Upper Ganga Canal | 1 |
| Upper Ganga Canal system canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1818457 — 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: Upper Ganga Canal system Context triple: [Okhla Barrage, partOf, Upper Ganga Canal system]
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A.
Western Yamuna Canal
The Western Yamuna Canal is a major irrigation and water-supply canal system in northern India that diverts water from the Yamuna River to agricultural and urban areas in Haryana and surrounding regions.
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B.
Eastern Yamuna Canal
The Eastern Yamuna Canal is a major irrigation and water-supply canal in northern India that diverts water from the Yamuna River to support agriculture and nearby regions.
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C.
Indira Gandhi Canal
The Indira Gandhi Canal is one of India’s longest irrigation canals, built to bring water from the Sutlej and Beas rivers to arid regions of Rajasthan, transforming parts of the Thar Desert into cultivable land.
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D.
Beas–Sutlej link
The Beas–Sutlej link is a major inter-basin water transfer project in northern India that diverts part of the Beas River’s flow into the Sutlej River system for irrigation and water supply.
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E.
Okhla Barrage
Okhla Barrage is a major dam and bridge structure on the Yamuna River near Delhi, India, used for irrigation, flood control, and regulating water flow.
- 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: Upper Ganga Canal system Target entity description: The Upper Ganga Canal system is a major irrigation and water management network in northern India that channels water from the Ganges River to support agriculture, drinking water supply, and power generation across several states.
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A.
Western Yamuna Canal
The Western Yamuna Canal is a major irrigation and water-supply canal system in northern India that diverts water from the Yamuna River to agricultural and urban areas in Haryana and surrounding regions.
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B.
Eastern Yamuna Canal
The Eastern Yamuna Canal is a major irrigation and water-supply canal in northern India that diverts water from the Yamuna River to support agriculture and nearby regions.
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C.
Indira Gandhi Canal
The Indira Gandhi Canal is one of India’s longest irrigation canals, built to bring water from the Sutlej and Beas rivers to arid regions of Rajasthan, transforming parts of the Thar Desert into cultivable land.
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D.
Beas–Sutlej link
The Beas–Sutlej link is a major inter-basin water transfer project in northern India that diverts part of the Beas River’s flow into the Sutlej River system for irrigation and water supply.
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E.
Okhla Barrage
Okhla Barrage is a major dam and bridge structure on the Yamuna River near Delhi, India, used for irrigation, flood control, and regulating water flow.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
irrigation canal system
ⓘ
water management infrastructure ⓘ |
| benefits |
rural communities
ⓘ
urban settlements ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
barrages
ⓘ
branch canals ⓘ distributaries ⓘ main canal ⓘ regulators ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northern India ⓘ |
| locatedInRiverBasin | Ganges Basin ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver |
Ganges
ⓘ
surface form:
Ganges River
|
| manages | canal water distribution ⓘ |
| partOf |
Upper Ganga Canal system
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Ganga canal network
|
| primaryWaterSource |
Ganges
ⓘ
surface form:
Ganges River
|
| purpose |
drinking water supply
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ power generation ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Uttar Pradesh
ⓘ
Uttarakhand ⓘ |
| sector |
agriculture
ⓘ
energy ⓘ water resources ⓘ |
| supports |
agriculture
ⓘ
drinking water security ⓘ electricity generation ⓘ food production ⓘ |
| typeOfInfrastructure | surface irrigation network ⓘ |
| usesWaterFrom |
Ganges
ⓘ
surface form:
Ganga River
|
| waterManagementFunction |
distribution of river water
ⓘ
regulation of irrigation flows ⓘ supply of municipal water ⓘ support for hydropower generation ⓘ |
| waterUse | surface water diversion ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Upper Ganga Canal system Description of subject: The Upper Ganga Canal system is a major irrigation and water management network in northern India that channels water from the Ganges River to support agriculture, drinking water supply, and power generation across several states.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ganges Canal system
this entity surface form:
Upper Ganga Canal
this entity surface form:
Ganga canal network