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.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Orinoco River canonical 66
Orinoco River system 9
Angostura del Orinoco 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 Guianas ⓘ
surface form: Guayana Region

Orinoco Llanos floodplains ⓘ
surface form: 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 Guianas ⓘ
surface form: Guiana Highlands
supports biodiverse aquatic ecosystems ⓘ
flooded forests ⓘ
human settlements ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
hydroelectric power ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
river transport ⓘ
yearOfFirstRecordedEuropeanSighting 1498 ⓘ

Referenced by (82)

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

South America → hasMajorRiver → Orinoco River ⓘ
Latin America → hasRiver → Orinoco River ⓘ
Orinoco Basin headwaters → sourceOf → Orinoco River ⓘ
Orinoco Basin headwaters → partOf → Orinoco River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orinoco River system
Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent → describes → Orinoco River ⓘ
Ansichten der Natur → describes → Orinoco River ⓘ
Americas → hasMajorRiver → Orinoco River ⓘ
Venezuela → longestRiver → Orinoco River ⓘ
Orinoco Llanos floodplains → partOf → Orinoco River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orinoco River system
Orinoco Llanos floodplains → hydrologyDrivenBy → Orinoco River ⓘ
Orinoco Delta → mouthOf → Orinoco River ⓘ
Meta River → mouth → Orinoco River ⓘ
Meta River → tributaryOf → Orinoco River ⓘ
Meta River → majorTributaryOf → Orinoco River ⓘ
Meta River → riverSystem → Orinoco River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orinoco River system
Serranía del Delgado Chalbaud → riverSourceFor → Orinoco River ⓘ
Apure River → mouthOf → Orinoco River ⓘ
Apure River → tributaryOf → Orinoco River ⓘ
Ciudad Bolívar → locatedOnRiver → Orinoco River ⓘ
Guaviare River → mouth → Orinoco River ⓘ
Guaviare River → tributaryOf → Orinoco River ⓘ
Guaviare River → majorRightTributaryOf → Orinoco River ⓘ
Ciudad Guayana → locatedOnRiver → Orinoco River ⓘ
Ciudad Guayana → locatedAtConfluenceOf → Orinoco River ⓘ
Caroni River → flowsInto → Orinoco River ⓘ
Caroni River → mouthLocation → Orinoco River ⓘ
Caroni River → tributaryOf → Orinoco River ⓘ
Orinoco Basin → drainedBy → Orinoco River ⓘ
Orinoco Basin → partOf → Orinoco River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orinoco River system
Orinoco Basin → majorRiver → Orinoco River ⓘ
Casiquiare canal → connectsRiver → Orinoco River ⓘ
Casiquiare canal → sourceRiver → Orinoco River ⓘ
Casiquiare canal → sourceLocation → Orinoco River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Orinoco
Casiquiare canal → partOf → Orinoco River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orinoco River system
Puerto Ayacucho → locatedOnRiver → Orinoco River ⓘ
Puerto Ayacucho → borderedBy → Orinoco River ⓘ
Atabapo River → mouth → Orinoco River ⓘ
Atabapo River → tributaryOf → Orinoco River ⓘ
Atabapo River → riverSystem → Orinoco River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orinoco River system
Enya → notableSong → Orinoco River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orinoco Flow
Walter Raleigh → explored → Orinoco River ⓘ
Guiana Shield → majorRiver → Orinoco River ⓘ
Bolívar State → contains → Orinoco River ⓘ
Yavitero language → spokenAlong → Orinoco River ⓘ
Vichada Department → borderedByRiver → Orinoco River ⓘ
Ventauri River → mouthOfWatercourse → Orinoco River ⓘ
Ventauri River → tributaryOf → Orinoco River ⓘ
Delta Amacuro State → mainRiver → Orinoco River ⓘ
Tucupita → locatedOnRiver → Orinoco River ⓘ
Angostura, Venezuela → locatedOnRiver → Orinoco River ⓘ