Purus River

E110709
river

The Purus River is a long, meandering river in western Brazil and eastern Peru that drains a vast area of Amazon rainforest and supports rich biodiversity and remote riverine communities.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Purus River canonical 4
Purus River basin 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry Brazil ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
borderOf Brazil–Peru border ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
drainageBasin Amazon rainforest ⓘ
flowsThrough Acre (state) ⓘ
Amazonas ⓘ
surface form: Amazonas (Brazilian state)

Madre de Dios Region ⓘ
Ucayali Region ⓘ
hasBiodiversity aquatic mammals ⓘ
freshwater fish ⓘ
turtles ⓘ
waterfowl ⓘ
hasCharacteristic highly meandering ⓘ
low gradient ⓘ
whitewater river ⓘ
hasConservationIssue deforestation in basin ⓘ
habitat fragmentation risk ⓘ
overfishing risk ⓘ
hasEcosystemType flooded forest ⓘ
igapó ⓘ
várzea ⓘ
hasTributary Acre River ⓘ
Iaco River ⓘ
Ituxi River ⓘ
Mamu River ⓘ
Pauini River ⓘ
locatedIn Amazon Basin ⓘ
South America ⓘ
eastern Peru ⓘ
Mato Grosso region of Brazil ⓘ
surface form: western Brazil
mouthLocation confluence with Solimões River ⓘ
near Manaus ⓘ
mouthOf Amazon River ⓘ
namedAfter Purus (indigenous term) ⓘ
partOf Amazon River ⓘ
surface form: Amazon River system

Amazon rainforest ⓘ
sourceLocation Peru ⓘ
supports indigenous communities ⓘ
rich biodiversity ⓘ
riverine communities ⓘ
tributaryOf Amazon River ⓘ
usedFor river transport ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Amazon River → majorTributary → Purus River ⓘ
Amazon Basin → hasPart → Purus River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Purus River basin
Apurinã language → spokenAlong → Purus River ⓘ
Acre River → mouthOf → Purus River ⓘ
Acre River → tributaryOf → Purus River ⓘ