Krishna River delta

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The Krishna River delta is a fertile, densely cultivated alluvial region on India’s eastern coast where the Krishna River empties into the Bay of Bengal.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Krishna River delta canonical 7
Krishna delta 2
Krishna River delta region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
river delta
adjacentTo Coromandel Coast
administrativeRegion Guntur district
Krishna district
NTR district
borderedByWaterBody Bay of Bengal
climate tropical monsoon climate
containsCity Vijayawada metropolitan region
linked to: Vijayawada
country India
drainageBasin Bay of Bengal basin
environmentalIssue coastal erosion
land subsidence
salinity intrusion
wetland loss
formedByRiver Krishna River
hasCharacteristic densely cultivated
fertile
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
aquaculture
fishing
hasIrrigationInfrastructure barrages
canal network
hasIrrigationSource Krishna River
hasLandUse intensive agriculture
hasSedimentSource Western Ghats (via Krishna River)
linked to: Krishna River basin
hasSoilType alluvial soil
hasVegetationType cropland
mangroves
knownFor high agricultural productivity
intensive paddy cultivation
locatedIn Andhra Pradesh
locatedOn eastern coast of India
locatedOnCoastOf Bay of Bengal
majorCrop chillies
cotton
paddy
pulses
rice
sugarcane
nearCity Machilipatnam
Vijayawada
partOf Krishna River basin
coastal Andhra region
linked to: Coastal Andhra
riverMouthOf Krishna River
subjectTo cyclones from Bay of Bengal
seasonal flooding

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Referenced by (11)

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

Coastal Andhra hasRiverDelta Krishna River delta
Krishna Eastern Delta system locatedIn Krishna River delta
Hamsaladeevi temple area near Krishna River mouth
linked to: Krishna River delta
Hamsaladeevi temple area region Krishna River delta
Machilipatnam locatedNear Krishna River delta
Tenali river Krishna River delta region
linked to: Krishna River delta
Repalle locatedNear Krishna River delta
Gudivada locatedInRegion Krishna River delta
Gudivada hasNearbyGeographicalFeature Krishna River delta
Bay of Bengal shoreline hasMajorDelta Krishna delta
linked to: Krishna River delta
Indian subcontinent coast drainedBy Krishna delta
linked to: Krishna River delta