Orinoco River

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geographical feature river

The Orinoco River is one of the longest and most important rivers in South America, flowing through Venezuela and Colombia and supporting vast tropical ecosystems and human settlements.

Aliases (2)

Orinoco River system ×4
Orinoco Flow ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature → river →
basinSize	approximately 880000 km² →
borderFunction	forms part of the border between Venezuela and Colombia →
connectedTo	Amazon River →
connectionVia	Casiquiare canal →
continent	South America →
country	Colombia → Venezuela →
delta	Orinoco Delta →
deltaCountry	Venezuela →
deltaOpensInto	Atlantic Ocean →
discoveredByEuropeans	Christopher Columbus →
drainageBasin	Orinoco Basin →
drainageBasinCountry	Colombia → Venezuela →
flowsThrough	Guayana Region → Llanos → Orinoco Belt →
hasDeltaType	inland alluvial delta →
languageOfName	Spanish →
length	approximately 2140 km →
locatedInBiome	tropical rainforest → tropical savanna →
majorTributary	Apure River → Atabapo River → Caroni River → Casiquiare canal → Guaviare River → Meta River → Ventauri River →
mouth	Atlantic Ocean → Gulf of Paria →
passesNear	Ciudad Bolívar → Ciudad Guayana → Puerto Ayacucho →
region	northern South America →
sourceCountry	Venezuela →
sourceLocation	Serranía del Delgado Chalbaud →
sourceRegion	Guiana Highlands →
supports	biodiverse aquatic ecosystems → flooded forests → human settlements → wetlands →
usedFor	fishing → hydroelectric power → irrigation → river transport →
yearOfFirstRecordedEuropeanSighting	1498 →

Referenced by (32)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Apure River → Caroni River → Guaviare River → Meta River →	tributaryOf
Orinoco Basin ("Orinoco River system") → Orinoco Basin headwaters ("Orinoco River system") → Orinoco Llanos floodplains ("Orinoco River system") →	partOf
Ansichten der Natur → Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent →	describes
Americas → South America →	hasMajorRiver
Ciudad Bolívar → Ciudad Guayana →	locatedOnRiver
Guaviare River → Meta River →	mouth
Apure River → Orinoco Delta →	mouthOf
Casiquiare canal →	connectsRiver
Orinoco Basin →	drainedBy
Caroni River →	flowsInto
Latin America →	hasRiver
Orinoco Llanos floodplains →	hydrologyDrivenBy
Ciudad Guayana →	locatedAtConfluenceOf
Venezuela →	longestRiver
Guaviare River →	majorRightTributaryOf
Orinoco Basin →	majorRiver
Meta River →	majorTributaryOf
Caroni River →	mouthLocation
Enya ("Orinoco Flow") →	notableSong
Serranía del Delgado Chalbaud →	riverSourceFor
Meta River ("Orinoco River system") →	riverSystem
Orinoco Basin headwaters →	sourceOf