Llanos de Moxos

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Llanos de Moxos is a vast seasonally flooded tropical savanna and wetland region in northern Bolivia, known for its rich biodiversity and extensive pre-Columbian earthworks.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Bolivian lowlands 7
Llanos de Moxos canonical 7
Moxos Plains 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
tropical savanna
wetland region
administrativeRegion Beni Department
Pando Department
archaeologicalSignificance evidence of complex pre-Columbian societies
large-scale pre-Hispanic landscape engineering
biome tropical and subtropical grasslands savannas and shrublands
continent South America
country Bolivia
hasClimate tropical
hasCulturalHeritage archaeological mounds
indigenous land-use systems
hasEcosystemType savanna
wetland
hasHydrology seasonally flooded
hasLandUseHistory pre-Columbian agriculture
traditional cattle ranching
hasSeasonality distinct dry season
distinct wet season
hasSoil poorly drained alluvial soils
hasVegetation gallery forests
palm-dominated savannas
seasonally inundated grasslands
knownFor artificial forest islands
canals
causeways
extensive pre-Columbian earthworks
raised fields
rich biodiversity
locatedIn South America
northern Bolivia
partOf Amazon Basin
Bolivian Amazon
recognizedAs important wetland for biodiversity conservation
supportsSpecies aquatic birds
freshwater fish
large mammals
migratory waterfowl
threatenedBy agricultural expansion
deforestation
hydrological alteration
timeDepthOfOccupation pre-Columbian period
traversedBy Beni River
Iténez River
Mamore River

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

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

Beni Department contains Llanos de Moxos
Itonama people historicalRegion Moxos plains
linked to: Llanos de Moxos
San Ignacio de Moxos locatedIn Bolivian lowlands
linked to: Llanos de Moxos
Moxo language region Llanos de Moxos
Trinidad locatedOnTerrainFeature Bolivian Llanos
linked to: Llanos de Moxos
Mojeño region Moxos Plains
linked to: Llanos de Moxos
Moxos contains Llanos de Moxos
Javeriano Moxeño indigenousTo Bolivian lowlands
linked to: Llanos de Moxos
Trinitario linguisticArea Moxos Plains
linked to: Llanos de Moxos
Nomads of the Long Bow region Bolivian lowlands
linked to: Llanos de Moxos
Saraveca language spokenIn Bolivian lowlands
linked to: Llanos de Moxos
Bauré regionOfOrigin Moxos Plains
linked to: Llanos de Moxos
Paunaka language isIndigenousTo Bolivian lowlands
linked to: Llanos de Moxos
Mojo people traditionalTerritory Moxos plains
linked to: Llanos de Moxos
Moxo people locatedIn Bolivian lowlands
linked to: Llanos de Moxos
Moxo people culturalRegion Llanos de Moxos
Baure people locatedIn Moxos Plains
linked to: Llanos de Moxos
Beni wetlands partOf Llanos de Moxos
eastern Bolivia containsPlain Llanos de Moxos
Beni Department contains Moxos Plains
subject linked to: Bolivian department of Beni
linked to: Llanos de Moxos
Beni Department locatedOn Mamoré River floodplain
subject linked to: Bolivian department of Beni
linked to: Llanos de Moxos
Parapetí River hasGeographicalRegion Bolivian lowlands
linked to: Llanos de Moxos