White Salmon River
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The White Salmon River is a scenic, glacier-fed river in south-central Washington State known for its whitewater rafting, kayaking, and the successful removal of Condit Dam to restore its natural flow and salmon runs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| White Salmon River canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3352589 — 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: White Salmon River Context triple: [Klickitat County, Washington, hasRiver, White Salmon River]
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A.
Cannon River
The Cannon River is a scenic waterway in southeastern Minnesota known for its recreational opportunities like canoeing, kayaking, and fishing, as well as its role in draining agricultural and rural landscapes before joining the Mississippi River.
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B.
Necanicum River
The Necanicum River is a coastal river in northwestern Oregon that flows through Clatsop County to the Pacific Ocean near the city of Seaside.
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C.
Salmon River
The Salmon River is a major wild and scenic tributary of the Klamath River in northern California, renowned for its rugged canyons, salmon runs, and recreational whitewater.
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D.
Salmon River
The Salmon River is a major free-flowing river in central Idaho known for its deep canyons, whitewater rafting, and role as a key tributary of the Snake River.
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E.
Skykomish River
The Skykomish River is a scenic river in western Washington State known for its whitewater recreation, salmon runs, and role as a major tributary of the Snohomish River 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: White Salmon River Target entity description: The White Salmon River is a scenic, glacier-fed river in south-central Washington State known for its whitewater rafting, kayaking, and the successful removal of Condit Dam to restore its natural flow and salmon runs.
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A.
Cannon River
The Cannon River is a scenic waterway in southeastern Minnesota known for its recreational opportunities like canoeing, kayaking, and fishing, as well as its role in draining agricultural and rural landscapes before joining the Mississippi River.
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B.
Necanicum River
The Necanicum River is a coastal river in northwestern Oregon that flows through Clatsop County to the Pacific Ocean near the city of Seaside.
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C.
Salmon River
The Salmon River is a major wild and scenic tributary of the Klamath River in northern California, renowned for its rugged canyons, salmon runs, and recreational whitewater.
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D.
Salmon River
The Salmon River is a major free-flowing river in central Idaho known for its deep canyons, whitewater rafting, and role as a key tributary of the Snake River.
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E.
Skykomish River
The Skykomish River is a scenic river in western Washington State known for its whitewater recreation, salmon runs, and role as a major tributary of the Snohomish River system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hydroelectric dam
ⓘ
river ⓘ |
| completionYear | 1913 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dam | Condit Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demolitionMethod | controlled blast of spillway tunnel ⓘ |
| environmentalEvent | removal of Condit Dam in 2011 ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Columbia River ⓘ |
| hasCityOnRiver |
Bingen, Washington
ⓘ
White Salmon, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTributary | Little White Salmon River ⓘ |
| hasWhitewaterSection |
Farmlands section
ⓘ
Green Truss section ⓘ Husum Falls area ⓘ Middle White Salmon ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Condit Dam removal
ⓘ
restored salmon runs ⓘ scenic river canyon ⓘ whitewater kayaking ⓘ whitewater rafting ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Klickitat County
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Skamania County NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington ⓘ
surface form:
Washington State
south-central Washington ⓘ |
| locatedOn | White Salmon River self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| managingAgency |
U.S. Forest Service
ⓘ
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | near Underwood, Washington ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature |
Columbia River gorge
ⓘ
surface form:
Columbia River Gorge
Mount Adams ⓘ |
| operator | PacifiCorp ⓘ |
| partOf |
Columbia River Basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Columbia River watershed
|
| protectedStatus | partly designated as Wild and Scenic River ⓘ |
| recreationActivity |
fishing
ⓘ
hiking along river canyon ⓘ kayaking ⓘ rafting ⓘ |
| region | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| removalYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| resultOfDamRemoval |
reopened fish passage to upstream habitat
ⓘ
restoration of natural river flow ⓘ |
| sourceRegion |
Cascade Range
ⓘ
Mount Adams area ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| supportsSpecies |
Chinook salmon
ⓘ
Pacific lamprey ⓘ coho salmon ⓘ steelhead trout ⓘ |
| waterSource | glacial meltwater ⓘ |
| whitewaterClassRange |
Class III
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Class IV ⓘ Class V ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: White Salmon River Description of subject: The White Salmon River is a scenic, glacier-fed river in south-central Washington State known for its whitewater rafting, kayaking, and the successful removal of Condit Dam to restore its natural flow and salmon runs.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Condit Dam