Duero Basin
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The Duero Basin is a large sedimentary basin in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, drained by the Duero River and forming one of Spain’s principal agricultural and geographic regions.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Duero basin | 8 |
| Duero Basin canonical | 2 |
| Duero River basin | 2 |
| Duero River valley | 2 |
| Duero river basin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1957157 — 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.
Target entity: Duero Basin Context triple: [Meseta Central, contains, Duero Basin]
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A.
Tagus Basin
The Tagus Basin is the extensive river basin encompassing the catchment area of the Tagus River across central Spain and Portugal, supporting major cities, agriculture, and hydroelectric infrastructure.
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B.
Ribera d’Ebre
Ribera d’Ebre is a comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain, known for its strategic position along the Ebro River and as a key setting of the Spanish Civil War’s Battle of the Ebro.
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C.
Ebro River
The Ebro River is one of the longest and most significant rivers in Spain, flowing eastward across the northern Iberian Peninsula to the Mediterranean Sea.
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D.
Guadiana River
The Guadiana River is a major waterway of the Iberian Peninsula that flows through Spain and Portugal, forming part of their border before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
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E.
Manzanares River
The Manzanares River is a modest river in central Spain that flows through the city of Madrid and has historically shaped its landscape and development.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Duero Basin Target entity description: The Duero Basin is a large sedimentary basin in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, drained by the Duero River and forming one of Spain’s principal agricultural and geographic regions.
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A.
Tagus Basin
The Tagus Basin is the extensive river basin encompassing the catchment area of the Tagus River across central Spain and Portugal, supporting major cities, agriculture, and hydroelectric infrastructure.
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B.
Ribera d’Ebre
Ribera d’Ebre is a comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain, known for its strategic position along the Ebro River and as a key setting of the Spanish Civil War’s Battle of the Ebro.
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C.
Ebro River
The Ebro River is one of the longest and most significant rivers in Spain, flowing eastward across the northern Iberian Peninsula to the Mediterranean Sea.
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D.
Guadiana River
The Guadiana River is a major waterway of the Iberian Peninsula that flows through Spain and Portugal, forming part of their border before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
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E.
Manzanares River
The Manzanares River is a modest river in central Spain that flows through the city of Madrid and has historically shaped its landscape and development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
agricultural region
ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ sedimentary basin ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Cantabrian Mountains
ⓘ
Sistema Central ⓘ
surface form:
Central System
Galician Massif ⓘ |
| climateType | continental Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| contains |
Duero River floodplain
ⓘ
Tertiary sedimentary deposits ⓘ alluvial plains ⓘ |
| countryWithLargestArea | Spain ⓘ |
| crossesBorderBetween |
Portugal and Spain
ⓘ
surface form:
Spain and Portugal
|
| drainageBasinOf |
Duero
ⓘ
surface form:
Duero River
|
| drainagePattern | dendritic ⓘ |
| drainedBy |
Duero
ⓘ
surface form:
Duero River
|
| emptiesUltimatelyInto | Atlantic Ocean via Duero River ⓘ |
| extendsInto |
Castile and León
ⓘ
northern Portugal ⓘ |
| filledWith | Cenozoic sediments ⓘ |
| geologicalType | foreland basin ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
cereal farming
ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ wine production ⓘ |
| hasGeomorphology | broad interior plateau ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalImportanceFor | Castilian Meseta development ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
cereal cultivation
ⓘ
livestock grazing ⓘ vineyards ⓘ |
| hasMainOrientation | east–west ⓘ |
| hasNameInPortuguese |
Douro basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Bacia do Douro
|
| hasNameInSpanish |
Duero
ⓘ
surface form:
Cuenca del Duero
|
| hasPrimaryUse | agriculture ⓘ |
| hasSoilType |
clayey sediments
ⓘ
fertile alluvial soils ⓘ |
| hydrologicalBasinCodeCountry | Spain ⓘ |
| isKeyRegionFor |
Duero wine regions
ⓘ
Spanish cereal production ⓘ |
| isMajorAgriculturalRegionOf | Spain ⓘ |
| isSeparatedFrom |
Ebro basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Ebro Basin
Tagus Basin ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northwest of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry |
Portugal
ⓘ
Spain ⓘ |
| majorRiver |
Duero
ⓘ
surface form:
Duero River
|
| partOf | Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| partOfHydrologicalRegion |
Duero Basin
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Duero River basin
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Subject: Duero Basin Description of subject: The Duero Basin is a large sedimentary basin in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, drained by the Duero River and forming one of Spain’s principal agricultural and geographic regions.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.