Artibonite River

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The Artibonite River is the longest and most significant river on the island of Hispaniola, flowing through both Haiti and the Dominican Republic and serving as a vital source of water, irrigation, and hydroelectric power.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Artibonite River canonical 6
Artibonite River valley 3
Artibonite 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international river
river
basinCountry Dominican Republic
Haiti
borderFunction forms part of the Haiti–Dominican Republic border in some stretches
continent North America
country Dominican Republic
Haiti
drainageBasin Artibonite Department
surface form: Artibonite Valley
environmentalIssue sedimentation
vulnerability to flooding
waterborne disease risk
flowsInto Caribbean Sea
flowsThrough Artibonite Department
geopoliticalSignificance shared water resource between Haiti and the Dominican Republic
hasDam Peligre Dam
hasEconomicRole agricultural production in Haiti
electricity generation in Haiti
hasTributaryRole collects waters from central Hispaniola highlands
hydroelectricPlant Peligre hydroelectric plant
importance most significant river on Hispaniola
languageOfName French
Haitian Creole
length approximately 200 miles
approximately 320 kilometers
locatedOn Hispaniola
surface form: island of Hispaniola
longestRiverOf Haiti
Hispaniola
majorUse domestic water supply
hydroelectric power generation
irrigation
mouthCountry Haiti
mouthLocatedIn Gulf of Gonâve
mouthNear Gonaïves
surface form: city of Gonaïves
namedAfter Artibonite Department
nameInFrench Artibonite River self-linksurface differs
surface form: Artibonite
nameInHaitianCreole Latibonit
partOf Caribbean
surface form: Caribbean region
region Greater Antilles
regionType tropical river system
sourceCountry Dominican Republic
sourceRegion Cordillera Central
supports rice cultivation in Artibonite Valley

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

Hispaniola hasMajorRiver Artibonite River
Artibonite River nameInFrench Artibonite River self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Artibonite
Artibonite Department namedAfter Artibonite River
Artibonite Department contains Artibonite River
this entity surface form: Artibonite River valley
Artibonite Department hasAgriculturalRegion Artibonite River
this entity surface form: Artibonite River valley
Artibonite Department hasRiver Artibonite River
Artibonite Department partOfRegion Artibonite River
this entity surface form: Artibonite River basin
Artibonite Department hasImportantValley Artibonite River
this entity surface form: Artibonite River valley
Centre Department traversedByRiver Artibonite River
Mirebalais locatedOn Artibonite River
Cange locatedNear Artibonite River