Gran Chaco
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The Gran Chaco is a vast, sparsely populated lowland plain in central South America, known for its hot, semi-arid climate and dry forests spanning parts of Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Brazil.
All labels observed (14)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gran Chaco canonical | 22 |
| Gran Chaco region | 9 |
| Bolivian Chaco | 2 |
| Paraguayan Chaco | 2 |
| Argentine Chaco | 1 |
| Chaco region of Paraguay | 1 |
| Chaco region of South America | 1 |
| Gran Chaco ecoregion | 1 |
| Gran Chaco floodplain | 1 |
| Gran Chaco region of South America | 1 |
| Humid Chaco | 1 |
| Paraguayan Oriental Region | 1 |
| West of Paraná | 1 |
| eastern Bolivia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1177604 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Gran Chaco Context triple: [Pampas, borderedBy, Gran Chaco]
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Pampas
The Pampas is a vast fertile lowland plain in South America, primarily in Argentina, known for its grasslands, agriculture, and cattle ranching.
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Pampa
Pampa was a pioneering 10th-century Kannada poet, celebrated as one of the “three gems” of classical Kannada literature and best known for his epic works like the Adipurana and Vikramarjuna Vijaya.
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Pampa Grande
Pampa Grande is a large archaeological site in northern Peru known as one of the last and most important urban and ceremonial centers of the Moche civilization.
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D.
Rivera Plate
The Rivera Plate is a small tectonic plate off the west coast of Mexico that interacts with the Pacific and North American Plates, contributing to regional seismic and volcanic activity.
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Pantanal
The Pantanal is one of the world’s largest tropical wetlands, renowned for its extraordinary biodiversity and vast seasonally flooded plains in central South America.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Gran Chaco Target entity description: The Gran Chaco is a vast, sparsely populated lowland plain in central South America, known for its hot, semi-arid climate and dry forests spanning parts of Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Brazil.
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A.
Pampas
The Pampas is a vast fertile lowland plain in South America, primarily in Argentina, known for its grasslands, agriculture, and cattle ranching.
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B.
Pampa
Pampa was a pioneering 10th-century Kannada poet, celebrated as one of the “three gems” of classical Kannada literature and best known for his epic works like the Adipurana and Vikramarjuna Vijaya.
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C.
Pampa Grande
Pampa Grande is a large archaeological site in northern Peru known as one of the last and most important urban and ceremonial centers of the Moche civilization.
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D.
Rivera Plate
The Rivera Plate is a small tectonic plate off the west coast of Mexico that interacts with the Pacific and North American Plates, contributing to regional seismic and volcanic activity.
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E.
Pantanal
The Pantanal is one of the world’s largest tropical wetlands, renowned for its extraordinary biodiversity and vast seasonally flooded plains in central South America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
ⓘ
plain ⓘ |
| approximateArea | 1000000 square kilometers ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Andes
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Pantanal ⓘ Paraguay River ⓘ Paraná River ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| countryPortion |
northern Argentina
ⓘ
southeastern Bolivia ⓘ Brazilian Midwest ⓘ
surface form:
southwestern Brazil
western Paraguay ⓘ |
| dominantVegetation |
seasonally dry forest
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thorny shrubs ⓘ xerophytic woodland ⓘ |
| hasBiome |
subtropical dry forest
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tropical dry forest ⓘ |
| hasClimate |
hot
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semi-arid ⓘ |
| hasEcosystemType |
dry forest
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savanna ⓘ thorn scrub ⓘ |
| hasProtectedArea |
Defensores del Chaco National Park
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El Impenetrable National Park ⓘ Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco National Park ⓘ |
| indigenousGroup |
Ayoreo
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Nivaclé ⓘ Qom ⓘ Wichí ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | indigenous peoples ⓘ |
| isLowlandPlain | true ⓘ |
| isSparselyPopulated | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cattle ranching
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deforestation ⓘ high temperatures ⓘ seasonal rainfall ⓘ |
| languageFamilyRegion | Mataco–Guaicuru languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Argentina
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Bolivia ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Paraguay ⓘ |
| majorRiver |
Bermejo River
ⓘ
Paraguay River ⓘ Pilcomayo River ⓘ |
| partOf | South American lowlands ⓘ |
| subregion |
Chaco
ⓘ
surface form:
Chaco Húmedo
Chaco ⓘ
surface form:
Chaco Seco
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| threat |
agricultural expansion
ⓘ
cattle grazing ⓘ soy cultivation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Gran Chaco Description of subject: The Gran Chaco is a vast, sparsely populated lowland plain in central South America, known for its hot, semi-arid climate and dry forests spanning parts of Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Brazil.
Referenced by (45)
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