Moche River

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The Moche River is a coastal river in northern Peru that flows through the arid region around the city of Trujillo before emptying into the Pacific Ocean.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Moche River canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal river
river
associatedWith Moche archaeological sites
basinCountry Peru
country Peru
drainageBasin Pacific Ocean drainage basin
surface form: Pacific Ocean basin
emptiesInto Pacific Ocean
flowsThrough La Libertad Region
Trujillo Province
arid coastal plain
Trujillo
surface form: city of Trujillo
hasClimate arid
hasCulturalSignificance important to pre-Columbian civilizations on Peru’s north coast
hasEconomicImportance supports local farming communities
hasMouthElevation 0 meters
locatedIn Andean coastal desert region
South America
northern Peru
namedAfter Moche culture
near Chan Chan
surface form: Chan Chan archaeological site

Huaca de la Luna
Huaca del Sol
Moche Valley
partOf Peruvian coastal river system
region north coast of Peru
riverMouthLocation Pacific Ocean
supports agriculture in the Trujillo area
usedFor irrigation
watercourseType perennial river

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Trujillo crossedByRiver Moche River
Huaca del Sol near Moche River
Moche Valley hasRiver Moche River