Rímac Valley

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The Rímac Valley is a fertile river valley on Peru’s central coast that has long served as a cradle of pre-Columbian civilizations and the site of present-day Lima.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rímac River valley 7
Rímac Valley canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
river valley
adjacentTo Chillón Valley
Lurín Valley
linked to: Lurín River valley
climate arid subtropical
colonialRole agricultural hinterland of colonial Lima
contains Lima Metropolitan Area
city of Lima
linked to: Lima

lower Rímac basin
middle Rímac basin
upper Rímac basin
containsArchaeologicalSite Huaca Huantille
Huaca La Florida
Huaca Mateo Salado
Huaca Palomino
Huaca Pucllana
Huaca San Marcos
Huaca Santa Ana
Huaca Tres Palos
Pachacámac
country Peru
flowsInto Pacific Ocean via Rímac River mouth at Callao
hasCharacteristic fertile
irrigated by river water
oasis-like agricultural zone
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
services
urban industry
hasEnvironmentalIssue loss of agricultural land
urban sprawl
water pollution
historicalRole core area of Lima’s pre-Hispanic occupation
cradle of pre-Columbian civilizations
isWatershedFor Lima’s potable water supply
languageOfHistoricalInhabitants Quechua
pre-Quechua coastal languages
locatedIn Andean coastal desert
central coast of Peru
mainCrops forage crops
fruits
vegetables
partOf Lima Region
supports irrigated agriculture
traversedBy Rímac River
usedFor agriculture
urban settlement
wasInhabitedBy Ichma culture
Inca Empire
Lima culture
linked to: Lima culture period

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Lima culture period locatedIn Rímac Valley
Ate District locatedInValley Rímac River valley
linked to: Rímac Valley
San Juan de Lurigancho District locatedIn Rímac River valley
linked to: Rímac Valley
Garagay locatedIn Rímac Valley
Puruchuco proximityTo Rímac River valley
linked to: Rímac Valley
Ichma culture locatedIn Rímac Valley
Lurín River valley southOf Rímac River valley
linked to: Rímac Valley
Chosica locatedInValley Rímac Valley
subject linked to: Chosica, Peru
Chaclacayo District locatedIn Rímac River valley
linked to: Rímac Valley
Lurigancho-Chosica District locatedInValley Rímac River valley
linked to: Rímac Valley
Pacific coast of Peru hasRiverValley Rímac River valley
linked to: Rímac Valley