Horcones River

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The Horcones River is a mountain river in the Argentine Andes that flows through the Horcones Valley near Aconcagua, draining glacial and snowmelt waters from the surrounding peaks.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Horcones River canonical 5
Las Cuevas River 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWith mountaineering on Aconcagua ⓘ
basinCountry Argentina ⓘ
country Argentina ⓘ
drains glacial meltwater ⓘ
snowmelt ⓘ
flowsThrough Horcones Valley ⓘ
hasFeature cold water temperature ⓘ
steep mountain gradient ⓘ
turbid flow during melt season ⓘ
hydrologicalRegime nival-glacial ⓘ
locatedIn Argentine Andes ⓘ
Mendoza Province ⓘ
mouthRegion lower Andean valleys of Mendoza Province ⓘ
near Aconcagua ⓘ
partOf Aconcagua Provincial Park ⓘ
region Cuyo region ⓘ
sourceRegion Aconcagua region ⓘ
linked to: Aconcagua Region

Andes Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Andes
supports high‑Andean ecosystems ⓘ
tourismImportance access corridor to Aconcagua trails ⓘ
usedFor trekking access routes ⓘ
valleyNameEtymology named after Horcones Valley ⓘ
waterSource Andean glaciers ⓘ
seasonal snowfields ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Horcones Valley → drainageBy → Horcones River ⓘ
Puente del Inca → crosses → Las Cuevas River ⓘ
linked to: Horcones River
Horcones → nearbyWatercourse → Horcones River ⓘ
Horcones Glacier → feeds → Horcones River ⓘ
Horcones Glacier → namedAfter → Horcones River ⓘ
Confluencia Camp → hasNearbyFeature → Horcones River ⓘ