Ulúa River

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The Ulúa River is a major river in northwestern Honduras that flows through fertile agricultural regions before emptying into the Caribbean Sea.

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Label Occurrences
Ulúa River canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river
alsoKnownAs Río Ulúa
basinUse intensive agriculture
climateZone tropical
continent North America
country Honduras
countryCapitalRegionRelation northwest of Tegucigalpa
countryRegion Mesoamerica
countrySubdivision Honduras
dischargeLocation near Puerto Cortés
drainageBasin Honduras
drainsInto Caribbean Sea
economicImportance high for Honduran agriculture
emptiesInto Caribbean Sea
environmentalIssue floodplain deforestation
sedimentation
flowsDirection generally northward
flowsThrough Cortés Department
Santa Bárbara Department
Valle de Sula
Yoro Department
hasEstuary Ulúa River delta
hasFloodplain Ulúa River floodplain
hasFloodRisk yes
hasTributary Blanco River
Humuya River
Jicatuyo River
Otoro River
Sulaco River
hasValley Ulúa Valley
hasWatershed Ulúa River basin
importance one of the most important rivers in Honduras
knownFor frequent flooding
languageOfName Spanish
locatedIn northwestern Honduras
mouth Caribbean Sea
nearCity Puerto Cortés
San Pedro Sula
partOf Atlantic Ocean basin
Honduran river system
region fertile agricultural region
riskTo settlements in Valle de Sula
supports banana plantations
cattle ranching
sugarcane cultivation
usedFor agriculture
irrigation

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Gulf of Honduras drainedByRiver Ulúa River
San Pedro Sula river Ulúa River
Copán River mouthOf Ulúa River
Cortés Department majorRiver Ulúa River
Sula Valley river Ulúa River