Lake Tahoe Basin
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The Lake Tahoe Basin is a high-altitude watershed in the Sierra Nevada centered on Lake Tahoe, renowned for its clear alpine lake, surrounding forests, and year-round outdoor recreation.
All labels observed (22)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12023 — 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: Lake Tahoe Basin Context triple: [Sierra Nevada, contains, Lake Tahoe Basin]
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A.
Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe is a large, deep, and famously clear freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains, straddling the border of California and Nevada and serving as a major destination for outdoor recreation and tourism.
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B.
South Lake Tahoe
South Lake Tahoe is a resort city in California known for its access to Lake Tahoe’s beaches, ski resorts, and outdoor recreation.
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C.
Great Basin
The Great Basin is a vast, arid region of interior drainage in the western United States, characterized by its basin-and-range topography, deserts, and salt flats.
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D.
Lake Tear of the Clouds
Lake Tear of the Clouds is a small mountain tarn on the slopes of New York’s Mount Marcy, historically recognized as the highest-elevation source of the Hudson River.
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E.
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is a bi-state regulatory body responsible for coordinating environmental protection, land use, and development planning in the Lake Tahoe Basin.
- 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: Lake Tahoe Basin Target entity description: The Lake Tahoe Basin is a high-altitude watershed in the Sierra Nevada centered on Lake Tahoe, renowned for its clear alpine lake, surrounding forests, and year-round outdoor recreation.
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A.
Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe is a large, deep, and famously clear freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains, straddling the border of California and Nevada and serving as a major destination for outdoor recreation and tourism.
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B.
South Lake Tahoe
South Lake Tahoe is a resort city in California known for its access to Lake Tahoe’s beaches, ski resorts, and outdoor recreation.
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C.
Great Basin
The Great Basin is a vast, arid region of interior drainage in the western United States, characterized by its basin-and-range topography, deserts, and salt flats.
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D.
Lake Tear of the Clouds
Lake Tear of the Clouds is a small mountain tarn on the slopes of New York’s Mount Marcy, historically recognized as the highest-elevation source of the Hudson River.
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E.
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is a bi-state regulatory body responsible for coordinating environmental protection, land use, and development planning in the Lake Tahoe Basin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographic region
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high-altitude basin ⓘ watershed ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Carson Range
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Sierra Nevada ⓘ
surface form:
Sierra Nevada crest
|
| centeredOn | Lake Tahoe ⓘ |
| contains |
Desolation Wilderness (part)
ⓘ
surface form:
Desolation Wilderness (portion)
Emerald Bay ⓘ Heavenly Mountain Resort ⓘ Incline Village ⓘ Lake Tahoe ⓘ Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park ⓘ
surface form:
Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park (portion)
Northstar California ⓘ
surface form:
Northstar California Resort
South Lake Tahoe ⓘ Squaw Valley ⓘ
surface form:
Squaw Valley–Alpine Meadows area
Stateline ⓘ Tahoe City ⓘ Tahoe National Forest ⓘ
surface form:
Tahoe National Forest (portion)
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| drainsInto | Truckee River ⓘ |
| elevation | high altitude ⓘ |
| environmentalIssue |
urban development pressure
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water clarity decline ⓘ wildfire risk ⓘ |
| governedBy | Tahoe Regional Planning Agency ⓘ |
| hasClimate |
alpine climate
ⓘ
continental Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| hasEcosystemType |
alpine meadow
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montane forest ⓘ subalpine forest ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
alpine lake
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clear water ⓘ coniferous forests ⓘ granite bedrock ⓘ mountainous terrain ⓘ snowpack ⓘ |
| hasOutflow | Truckee River ⓘ |
| hasProtectedArea | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit ⓘ |
| knownFor |
clear alpine lake
ⓘ
hiking trails ⓘ scenic beauty ⓘ ski resorts ⓘ water-based recreation ⓘ year-round outdoor recreation ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Nevada ⓘ Sierra Nevada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| managedBy | U.S. Forest Service ⓘ |
| partOf |
Great Basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Basin hydrologic region
Lake Tahoe Basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lake Tahoe watershed
|
| supportsActivity |
boating
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camping ⓘ fishing ⓘ hiking ⓘ mountain biking ⓘ skiing ⓘ snowboarding ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lake Tahoe Basin Description of subject: The Lake Tahoe Basin is a high-altitude watershed in the Sierra Nevada centered on Lake Tahoe, renowned for its clear alpine lake, surrounding forests, and year-round outdoor recreation.
Referenced by (142)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
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this entity surface form:
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this entity surface form:
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Lake Tahoe region
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Lake Tahoe region
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Lake Tahoe area
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Lake Tahoe Basin recreation area
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Lake Tahoe tourism area
subject surface form:
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this entity surface form:
Lake Tahoe region
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Lake Tahoe tourism region
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Lake Tahoe region
this entity surface form:
Lake Tahoe region
this entity surface form:
Lake Tahoe region
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Lake Tahoe area
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Lake Tahoe basin
this entity surface form:
Lake Tahoe region
this entity surface form:
Lake Tahoe region
this entity surface form:
Lake Tahoe area
this entity surface form:
California side of Lake Tahoe
subject surface form:
Washoe people
this entity surface form:
Lake Tahoe basin
this entity surface form:
Lake Tahoe region
this entity surface form:
Lake Tahoe region
this entity surface form:
Lake Tahoe region
this entity surface form:
Lake Tahoe area
this entity surface form:
Lake Tahoe area
subject surface form:
Lake Tahoe Airport
subject surface form:
Lake Tahoe Airport
this entity surface form:
Lake Tahoe region
this entity surface form:
Lake Tahoe region
this entity surface form:
Lake Tahoe region