Amawalk Reservoir
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Amawalk Reservoir is a man-made lake in Westchester County, New York, that forms part of New York City's Croton water supply system.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Amawalk Reservoir canonical | 14 |
| Amawalk Reservoir (part) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T91449 — 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: Amawalk Reservoir Context triple: [Croton River, hasPart, Amawalk Reservoir]
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A.
Cross River Reservoir
Cross River Reservoir is a man-made lake in Westchester County, New York, that forms part of New York City's Croton water supply system.
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B.
East Branch Reservoir
East Branch Reservoir is a man-made water supply reservoir in New York’s Croton Watershed that helps provide drinking water to New York City.
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C.
Middle Branch Reservoir
Middle Branch Reservoir is a man-made lake in New York’s Croton Watershed that serves as part of the New York City water supply system.
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D.
Croton Falls Reservoir
Croton Falls Reservoir is a man-made lake in Westchester County, New York, that serves as part of New York City's Croton water supply system.
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E.
Bog Brook Reservoir
Bog Brook Reservoir is a small New York City water supply reservoir in southeastern New York State that forms part of the Croton Watershed system.
- 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: Amawalk Reservoir Target entity description: Amawalk Reservoir is a man-made lake in Westchester County, New York, that forms part of New York City's Croton water supply system.
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A.
Cross River Reservoir
Cross River Reservoir is a man-made lake in Westchester County, New York, that forms part of New York City's Croton water supply system.
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B.
East Branch Reservoir
East Branch Reservoir is a man-made water supply reservoir in New York’s Croton Watershed that helps provide drinking water to New York City.
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C.
Middle Branch Reservoir
Middle Branch Reservoir is a man-made lake in New York’s Croton Watershed that serves as part of the New York City water supply system.
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D.
Croton Falls Reservoir
Croton Falls Reservoir is a man-made lake in Westchester County, New York, that serves as part of New York City's Croton water supply system.
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E.
Bog Brook Reservoir
Bog Brook Reservoir is a small New York City water supply reservoir in southeastern New York State that forms part of the Croton Watershed system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
man-made lake
ⓘ
reservoir ⓘ |
| accessRestricted | true ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| category |
New York City water supply system
ⓘ
Reservoirs in Westchester County, New York ⓘ |
| constructionType | impounding reservoir ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| environmentalManagement | subject to watershed protection regulations ⓘ |
| feeds | downstream Croton system reservoirs ⓘ |
| hasDam | Amawalk Dam ⓘ |
| hasUseRestriction |
controlled fishing access
ⓘ
no body-contact recreation ⓘ no swimming ⓘ |
| inflow |
Waccabuc River
ⓘ
surface form:
Amawalk River
|
| isComponentOf |
Croton water supply system
ⓘ
surface form:
Croton water supply subsystem of NYC
|
| isPartOfInfrastructureFor | New York City Department of Environmental Protection water supply ⓘ |
| isUpstreamOf | New Croton Reservoir ⓘ |
| isWithinJurisdictionOf |
U.S. state of New York
ⓘ
surface form:
State of New York
Westchester County, New York ⓘ
surface form:
Westchester County government
|
| locatedIn |
Hudson River watershed
ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
Northeastern United States ⓘ Town of Somers ⓘ
surface form:
Town of Somers, New York
Town of Yorktown ⓘ
surface form:
Town of Yorktown, New York
Westchester County, New York ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Hamlet of Cross River, New York
ⓘ
surface form:
Hamlet of Amawalk, New York
|
| locatedNorthOf | New York City ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Amawalk River valley ⓘ |
| operator | New York City Department of Environmental Protection ⓘ |
| outflow |
Waccabuc River
ⓘ
surface form:
Amawalk River
|
| ownedBy |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
City of New York
|
| partOf |
Croton River
ⓘ
surface form:
Croton River system
Croton Watershed ⓘ Croton water supply system ⓘ New York City water supply system ⓘ New York City water supply system ⓘ
surface form:
upstate New York water supply system of New York City
|
| primaryFunction | supplying water to New York City ⓘ |
| purpose | municipal water supply ⓘ |
| recreation | limited and regulated ⓘ |
| region |
Hudson Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Lower Hudson Valley
|
| typeOfWaterBody | freshwater lake ⓘ |
| use | drinking water source ⓘ |
| watercourse |
Waccabuc River
ⓘ
surface form:
Amawalk River
|
| waterQualityProtection | regulated by New York City watershed rules ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Amawalk Reservoir Description of subject: Amawalk Reservoir is a man-made lake in Westchester County, New York, that forms part of New York City's Croton water supply system.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Amawalk Reservoir (part)