Papaloapan River

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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.

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All labels observed (3)

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

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

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