Vichada River

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The Vichada River is a significant tributary of the Orinoco River in eastern Colombia, flowing through sparsely populated plains and rainforest in the Orinoquía region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Vichada River canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
basinCountry Colombia
continent South America
country Colombia
drainageBasin Orinoco basin
linked to: Orinoco Basin
flowsGenerallyTowards east
flowsThrough eastern Colombia
rainforest
sparsely populated plains
hasCharacteristic low population density along its course
seasonal variation in water level
hasEcologicalSignificance habitat for freshwater fish
habitat for riparian wildlife
supports Amazon–Orinoco transitional ecosystems
hasEconomicUse fishing
local transportation
hasHydrologicalRole major left-bank tributary of the Orinoco River
hasNameInLanguage Río Vichada
languageOfToponym Spanish
locatedIn northern Orinoco basin
locatedInBiome savanna
tropical rainforest
locatedInDepartment Meta Department
Vichada Department
locatedInRegion Orinoquía region
mouth Orinoco River
mouthCountry Colombia
mouthLocation eastern Colombia
partOf Llanos region
linked to: Los Llanos
partOfRiverSystem Orinoco River basin
linked to: Orinoco Basin
tributaryOf Orinoco River

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Referenced by (6)

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

Orinoco Basin tributaryRiver Vichada River
Vichada Department containsRiver Vichada River
Eastern Colombia mainRiver Vichada River
subject linked to: eastern Colombia
Eastern Plains of Colombia hasRiver Vichada River