Dubai Water Canal

E96388

artificial canal tourist attraction

Dubai Water Canal is a man-made waterway in Dubai that extends from Dubai Creek through the city to the Arabian Gulf, featuring promenades, bridges, and waterfront developments.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Dubai Canal	7
Dubai Water Canal canonical	5

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T796871 — 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: Dubai Water Canal
Context triple: [Business Bay, traversedBy, Dubai Water Canal]

A. Dubai Creek
Dubai Creek is a historic natural saltwater inlet that divides old Dubai and has long served as a vital center for the city’s trade, transport, and cultural life.
B. Chebar canal
The Chebar canal is an ancient waterway in Babylonia traditionally identified as the place where the prophet Ezekiel received his visions during the Jewish exile.
C. Emperor’s Canal
Emperor’s Canal is one of Amsterdam’s main historic canals, renowned for its elegant 17th-century canal houses and central role in the city’s UNESCO-listed canal belt.
D. Griboyedov Canal
Griboyedov Canal is a historic waterway in central Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for its picturesque embankments and proximity to major landmarks such as the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood.
E. Suez Canal
The Suez Canal is a man-made waterway in Egypt that links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, serving as one of the world’s most important shipping routes between Europe and Asia.
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: Dubai Water Canal
Target entity description: Dubai Water Canal is a man-made waterway in Dubai that extends from Dubai Creek through the city to the Arabian Gulf, featuring promenades, bridges, and waterfront developments.

A. Dubai Creek
Dubai Creek is a historic natural saltwater inlet that divides old Dubai and has long served as a vital center for the city’s trade, transport, and cultural life.
B. Chebar canal
The Chebar canal is an ancient waterway in Babylonia traditionally identified as the place where the prophet Ezekiel received his visions during the Jewish exile.
C. Emperor’s Canal
Emperor’s Canal is one of Amsterdam’s main historic canals, renowned for its elegant 17th-century canal houses and central role in the city’s UNESCO-listed canal belt.
D. Griboyedov Canal
Griboyedov Canal is a historic waterway in central Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for its picturesque embankments and proximity to major landmarks such as the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood.
E. Suez Canal
The Suez Canal is a man-made waterway in Egypt that links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, serving as one of the world’s most important shipping routes between Europe and Asia.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artificial canal ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
allowsVesselDraft	up to 4 metres ⓘ
connectsTo	Persian Gulf ⓘ surface form: Arabian Gulf Dubai Creek ⓘ
constructionStartDate	2013 ⓘ
country	United Arab Emirates ⓘ
developer	RTA Dubai ⓘ surface form: Dubai Roads and Transport Authority Meraas ⓘ Meydan ⓘ
districtCreated	Jumeirah Bay Island ⓘ new waterfront residential areas ⓘ
estimatedCost	2000000000 AED ⓘ
features	cycling track ⓘ jogging track ⓘ marinas ⓘ pedestrian bridges ⓘ recreational parks ⓘ restaurants ⓘ retail areas ⓘ waterfront promenade ⓘ
hasLandUse	mixed-use development ⓘ
hasNightLighting	yes ⓘ
hasNumberOfPedestrianBridges	3 ⓘ
hasRecreationalUse	cycling ⓘ leisure boating ⓘ walking ⓘ
hasRoadBridges	Al Wasl Road bridge ⓘ Al Wasl Road bridge ⓘ surface form: Jumeirah Beach Road bridge Sheikh Zayed Road bridge ⓘ
hasTransportMode	abra ⓘ ferry ⓘ water taxi ⓘ
hasViewOf	Dubai skyline ⓘ
inauguratedBy	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum ⓘ
length	3.2 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	Dubai ⓘ Emirate of Dubai ⓘ
maximumDepth	6 metres ⓘ
openingDate	2016-11-09 ⓘ
partOf	Dubai urban development plan ⓘ
passesThrough	Business Bay ⓘ Jumeirah ⓘ
purpose	tourism development ⓘ urban regeneration ⓘ waterfront real estate development ⓘ
region	Persian Gulf ⓘ surface form: Persian Gulf region
waterwayType	tidal canal ⓘ
width	120 metres ⓘ 80 metres ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

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

Business Bay → traversedBy → Dubai Water Canal ⓘ

BESIX → notableProject → Dubai Water Canal ⓘ

Churchill Towers → locatedNear → Dubai Water Canal ⓘ