Neuquén River

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The Neuquén River is a major river in western Argentina that flows through the Neuquén Province and helps form the larger Río Negro system.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Neuquén River canonical 7
Río Neuquén 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
basinArea approximately 50,000 km²
basinCountry Argentina
basinRegion Patagonia
belongsTo Atlantic Ocean drainage basin
climateZone semi-arid
confluenceLocation near city of Neuquén
continent South America
country Argentina
crosses Neuquén Basin
flowsDirection generally southeast
flowsThrough Añelo Department
Confluencia Department
city of Neuquén
formsConfluenceWith Limay River
hasDam El Chañar Dam
Planicie Banderita Dam
hasFloodRisk seasonal snowmelt floods
hasLeftTributary Nahueve River
hasReservoir Los Barreales Reservoir
Los Barreales Reservoir
surface form: Mari Menuco Reservoir
hasRightTributary Agrio River
Curí Leuvú River
Varvarco River
isBoundaryFor parts of Neuquén Province
languageOfName Spanish
length approximately 510 km
locatedIn Neuquén Province
Río Negro Province
locatedInHydrologicalRegion Río Negro
surface form: Cuenca del Río Negro
majorCityOnRiver Centenario (Neuquén)
surface form: Centenario

Neuquén Province
surface form: Neuquén

Plottier
mouth Río Negro
nameInSpanish Neuquén River self-linksurface differs
surface form: Río Neuquén
nearbyEconomicActivity Vaca Muerta shale formation
surface form: Vaca Muerta shale development
partOf Río Negro river system
primaryWaterSource Andean snowmelt
region western Argentina
sourceCountry Argentina
sourceLocation Andes
supports fruit-growing valleys
irrigated agriculture
terminatesIn Atlantic Ocean via Río Negro
tributaryOf Río Negro
usedFor drinking water supply
hydroelectric power generation
irrigation
waterManagementAuthority Autoridad Interjurisdiccional de Cuencas (AIC)

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

Río Negro formedByConfluenceOf Neuquén River
Río Negro hasTributary Neuquén River
Río Negro Province hasRiver Neuquén River
Neuquén Province contains Neuquén River
Limay River formsConfluenceWith Neuquén River
Neuquén River nameInSpanish Neuquén River self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Río Neuquén
western Argentina hasRiver Neuquén River
subject surface form: Western Argentina
Domuyo hasNearbyRiver Neuquén River