Papaloapan River

E127635

The Papaloapan River is a major river in southeastern Mexico that drains a large basin across Oaxaca and Veracruz before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Papaloapan River canonical 6
Papaloapan River basin 2
Papaloapan basin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry Mexico ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
drainageBasin Papaloapan River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Papaloapan River basin
drainageBasinInto Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
drains Sierra Madre de Oaxaca ⓘ
Oaxaca Valley ⓘ
surface form: Valleys of Oaxaca
drainsInto Alvarado Lagoon ⓘ
surface form: Alvarado Lagoon complex
ecosystemType tropical river ⓘ
emptiesInto Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
flowsThrough Oaxaca ⓘ
Veracruz ⓘ
hasCityOnRiver Alvarado ⓘ
Cosamaloapan ⓘ
Tlacotalpan ⓘ
Tuxtepec ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance important for communities of Oaxaca and Veracruz ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
cattle ranching ⓘ
fishing industry ⓘ
timber extraction ⓘ
hasEstuary Alvarado Lagoon ⓘ
hasFloodingHistory true ⓘ
hasHydrologicalImportance major river of southeastern Mexico ⓘ
hasWetlandsAtMouth true ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Region of Papaloapan ⓘ
surface form: Papaloapan Region

State of Oaxaca ⓘ
Veracruz ⓘ
surface form: State of Veracruz

southeastern Mexico ⓘ
mouth Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
partOf Gulf of Mexico watershed ⓘ
region Oaxaca ⓘ
Veracruz ⓘ
tributary Obispo River ⓘ
Playa Vicente River ⓘ
San Juan River ⓘ
Santo Domingo River ⓘ
Tonto River ⓘ
Valle Nacional River ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
transportation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Veracruz → hasRiver → Papaloapan River ⓘ
eastern Mexico → hasRiver → Papaloapan River ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Mexico
southern Mexico → hasRiver → Papaloapan River ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Mexico
Chinantec communities → indigenousTo → Papaloapan River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papaloapan basin
Gulf Coast regions → traversedBy → Papaloapan River ⓘ
Papaloapan River → drainageBasin → Papaloapan River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papaloapan River basin
Tres Zapotes → locatedNear → Papaloapan River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papaloapan River basin
Region of Papaloapan → namedAfter → Papaloapan River ⓘ
Tuxtepec → locatedNear → Papaloapan River ⓘ