Orbe River

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The Orbe River is a watercourse in western Switzerland that flows through the Jura Mountains and the town of Vallorbe before joining the larger Rhine basin.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Orbe River canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
alsoKnownAs Lac de Joux outflow (upper course context)
basinCountry Switzerland
belongsTo Rhine drainage basin
linked to: Rhine River Basin
continent Europe
country Switzerland
flowsDirection generally northeast
flowsInto Thielle River
flowsThrough Jura Mountains
Orbe (town)
linked to: Orbe

Vallorbe
hasFeature gorges near Vallorbe
karst springs
hasMouthNear Yverdon-les-Bains
hasValley Orbe Valley
linked to: Orbe valley
locatedIn Jura region
canton of Vaud
linked to: Canton of Vaud

western Switzerland
linked to: Western Switzerland
mouthLocatedIn Rhine basin
linked to: Rhine River Basin
near Lac Brenet
Lac de Joux
linked to: Lake Joux
partOf Rhine basin
linked to: Rhine River Basin
partOfHydrologicalSystem Rhine River system
region Romandy
sourceRegion Jura Mountains
tributaryOf Thielle River
usedFor fishing
hydroelectric power (local scale)
recreation
watercourseType perennial river

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Vallorbe locatedOn Orbe River
Lake Joux outflow Orbe River
Vallorbe Caves drainageBasin Orbe River
Vallorbe Caves nearbyWatercourse Orbe River
Chavornay locatedNearRiver Orbe River