Wei River

E106569
river tributary

The Wei River is a major river in north-central China that flows through the historical heartland of ancient Chinese civilization and serves as a key tributary in the Yellow River basin.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Wei River canonical 11
Wei River valley 3
Wei River basin 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
tributary ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Wei He ⓘ
Wei River ⓘ
surface form: Weihe River
basinCountry China ⓘ
basinSize approximately 135000 square kilometers ⓘ
approximately 52100 square miles ⓘ
country China ⓘ
drainageBasin Loess Plateau (eastern part) ⓘ
surface form: Loess Plateau
flowsDirection generally eastward ⓘ
flowsThrough Baoji ⓘ
Guanzhong region ⓘ
surface form: Xi'an metropolitan area

Xianyang, China ⓘ
surface form: Xianyang
hasIssue seasonal flooding ⓘ
sedimentation ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ
hasTributary Chan River ⓘ
Feng River ⓘ
Huangshui River ⓘ
Jing River ⓘ
Luo River ⓘ
Luo River ⓘ
surface form: Qian River
historicalSignificance core region of early Chinese civilization ⓘ
heartland of the Zhou dynasty ⓘ
important to Qin state development ⓘ
supported capitals near Xi'an such as Chang'an ⓘ
length approximately 508 miles ⓘ
approximately 818 km ⓘ
locatedIn Gansu Province ⓘ
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region ⓘ
Shaanxi Province ⓘ
north-central China ⓘ
majorCityOnRiver Baoji ⓘ
X’ian, China ⓘ
surface form: Xi'an

Xianyang, China ⓘ
surface form: Xianyang
mouthLocation Yellow River ⓘ
near Tongguan ⓘ
partOf Yellow River basin ⓘ
region Loess Plateau (eastern part) ⓘ
surface form: Loess Plateau
riverSystem Yellow River basin ⓘ
surface form: Yellow River system
sourceLocation Gansu Province ⓘ
Weiyuan County ⓘ
tributaryOf Yellow River ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
hydropower ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
navigation in some reaches ⓘ
water supply ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Yellow River → hasTributary → Wei River ⓘ
X’ian, China → river → Wei River ⓘ
subject surface form: Xi'an
Shaanxi Province → traversedByRiver → Wei River ⓘ
Zhou dynasty → territoryIncludes → Wei River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wei River valley
Yellow River basin → hasTributaryBasin → Wei River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wei River basin
Wei River → alsoKnownAs → Wei River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Weihe River
Chang'an → locatedNear → Wei River ⓘ
Xianyang, China → locatedOn → Wei River ⓘ
subject surface form: Xianyang
Xianyang, China → hasRiver → Wei River ⓘ
subject surface form: Xianyang
Baoji → locatedOnRiver → Wei River ⓘ
Zhou state → locatedIn → Wei River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wei River valley
Guanzhong region → centeredOn → Wei River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wei River valley
Guanzhong region → hasMajorRiver → Wei River ⓘ
state of Qin → majorRiver → Wei River ⓘ
subject surface form: State of Qin
Weinan → locatedOnRiver → Wei River ⓘ
Weinan → hasRiver → Wei River ⓘ