Murray River and Darling River

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drainage basin river river system

The Murray and Darling rivers are two of Australia's longest and most significant waterways, forming a major inland river system that supports agriculture, ecosystems, and communities across southeastern Australia.

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Label	Occurrences
Murray River and Darling River canonical	2
Murray River system (via Murrumbidgee River)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6934131 — 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: Murray River and Darling River
Context triple: [Wentworth Shire, locatedAtRiverJunction, Murray River and Darling River]

A. Murray River
The Murray River is Australia's longest river, forming much of the border between New South Wales and Victoria and serving as a vital waterway for agriculture, ecosystems, and communities in southeastern Australia.
B. Murrumbidgee River
The Murrumbidgee River is a major inland river in southeastern Australia that flows through New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory before joining the Murray River.
C. Darling River
The Darling River is one of Australia’s major inland rivers, flowing through New South Wales and forming part of the Murray–Darling Basin, a crucial agricultural and ecological region.
D. Riverina
Riverina is a major agricultural region in southwestern New South Wales, Australia, known for its extensive irrigation-based farming and food production.
E. Macquarie River (New South Wales)
The Macquarie River is a major inland river of central-western New South Wales, Australia, flowing through agricultural regions and wetlands before joining the Barwon-Darling 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: Murray River and Darling River
Target entity description: The Murray and Darling rivers are two of Australia's longest and most significant waterways, forming a major inland river system that supports agriculture, ecosystems, and communities across southeastern Australia.

A. Murray River
The Murray River is Australia's longest river, forming much of the border between New South Wales and Victoria and serving as a vital waterway for agriculture, ecosystems, and communities in southeastern Australia.
B. Murrumbidgee River
The Murrumbidgee River is a major inland river in southeastern Australia that flows through New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory before joining the Murray River.
C. Darling River
The Darling River is one of Australia’s major inland rivers, flowing through New South Wales and forming part of the Murray–Darling Basin, a crucial agricultural and ecological region.
D. Riverina
Riverina is a major agricultural region in southwestern New South Wales, Australia, known for its extensive irrigation-based farming and food production.
E. Macquarie River (New South Wales)
The Macquarie River is a major inland river of central-western New South Wales, Australia, flowing through agricultural regions and wetlands before joining the Barwon-Darling river system.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	drainage basin ⓘ river ⓘ river system ⓘ
continent	Australia ⓘ Australia ⓘ Australia ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ Australia ⓘ Australia ⓘ Australia ⓘ
drainageBasin	Murray–Darling Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
environmentalIssue	habitat degradation ⓘ reduced river flows ⓘ salinity ⓘ
flowsThrough	New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ Queensland NERFINISHED ⓘ South Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
formsBorderBetween	New South Wales and Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBasin	Murray–Darling Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Murray–Darling Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
lengthApproxKm	1470 ⓘ 2500 ⓘ
locatedIn	southeastern Australia ⓘ southeastern Australia ⓘ southeastern Australia ⓘ
majorTributary	Darling River NERFINISHED ⓘ Murray River NERFINISHED ⓘ
mouthLocation	Murray Mouth NERFINISHED ⓘ Murray River NERFINISHED ⓘ South Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Wentworth, New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	major inland river system of Australia ⓘ one of the longest rivers in Australia ⓘ one of the longest rivers in Australia ⓘ
sourceLocation	Australian Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ Queensland NERFINISHED ⓘ northern New South Wales ⓘ
supports	inland fisheries ⓘ irrigated agriculture ⓘ rural communities ⓘ wetland ecosystems ⓘ
usedFor	irrigation ⓘ irrigation ⓘ irrigation ⓘ livestock watering ⓘ town water supply ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wentworth Shire → locatedAtRiverJunction → Murray River and Darling River ⓘ

Wentworth Courthouse → nearbyConfluence → Murray River and Darling River ⓘ

Lost River → partOf → Murray River and Darling River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Murray River system (via Murrumbidgee River)

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