Desaguadero River

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river river system

The Desaguadero River is a major river system in western Argentina that drains the Andean foothills and serves as an important water source for the arid Cuyo region.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Desaguadero River canonical	4

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ river system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Río Bermejo (regional name in lower course) NERFINISHED ⓘ Río Desaguadero NERFINISHED ⓘ
basinCountry	Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ
climateZone	arid ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Argentina ⓘ
drainageBasin	endorheic basin of central-western Argentina ⓘ
flowsThrough	arid Cuyo region ⓘ
formsBorderBetween	Mendoza Province and La Pampa Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Mendoza Province and San Juan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Mendoza Province and San Luis Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	flows generally from north to south ⓘ heavily regulated and diverted for irrigation in upper and middle reaches ⓘ often loses much of its flow before reaching lower basin in dry years ⓘ
hydrologicalRole	collector of meltwater from the Andes in western Argentina ⓘ main drainage axis of the Cuyo region ⓘ
importance	principal surface water source for much of the Cuyo region ⓘ
locatedIn	Andean foothills ⓘ Cuyo region NERFINISHED ⓘ La Pampa Province NERFINISHED ⓘ La Rioja Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Mendoza Province NERFINISHED ⓘ San Juan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ San Luis Province NERFINISHED ⓘ western Argentina ⓘ
majorTributary	Atuel River NERFINISHED ⓘ Diamante River NERFINISHED ⓘ Mendoza River NERFINISHED ⓘ San Juan River (Argentina) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tunuyán River NERFINISHED ⓘ
mouth	Salado River (Desaguadero–Salado system) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Desaguadero–Salado–Chadileuvú–Curacó river system NERFINISHED ⓘ interior drainage of Argentina ⓘ
relatedRegion	Mendoza wine region NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceRegion	Andean piedmont of western Argentina ⓘ Andes NERFINISHED ⓘ
uses	agricultural water supply ⓘ irrigation ⓘ livestock watering ⓘ
waterRegime	highly seasonal discharge ⓘ snowmelt-fed ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Tunuyán River → mouthLocation → Desaguadero River ⓘ

Tunuyán River → tributaryOf → Desaguadero River ⓘ

western Argentina → hasRiver → Desaguadero River ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Argentina

Atuel River → tributaryOf → Desaguadero River ⓘ