Chubut River

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river

The Chubut River is a significant waterway in southern Argentina that flows across the arid Patagonian plateau to the Atlantic Ocean, supporting agriculture and settlements along its course.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Chubut River basin 1
Río Chubut 1
Valle Inferior del Río Chubut 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedCity Rawson ⓘ
Trelew ⓘ
associatedTown Dolavon ⓘ
Gaiman ⓘ
basinSize approximately 53,000 km² ⓘ
climateAlongCourse arid to semi-arid ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Argentina ⓘ
crossesEcoregion Patagonian Desert ⓘ
surface form: Patagonian steppe
damPurpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation regulation ⓘ
dischargeAverage approximately 60 m³/s ⓘ
economicImportance major agricultural corridor in Chubut Province ⓘ
emptiesInto Atlantic Ocean near Rawson ⓘ
flowsDirection generally west–east ⓘ
flowsThrough Dolavon ⓘ
Gaiman ⓘ
Patagonia ⓘ
surface form: Patagonian plateau

Rawson ⓘ
Trelew ⓘ
Chubut River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Valle Inferior del Río Chubut
hasDam Florentino Ameghino Dam ⓘ
hasTributary Chico River (Chubut) ⓘ
Genoa River ⓘ
Tecka River ⓘ
hasValley Lower Chubut River Valley ⓘ
length approximately 810 km ⓘ
locatedIn Chubut Province ⓘ
Patagonia ⓘ
Río Negro Province ⓘ
mouth Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Golfo Nuevo ⓘ
nameInSpanish Chubut River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Río Chubut
nameLanguage Spanish ⓘ
region southern Argentina ⓘ
riverSystem Chubut River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chubut River basin
sourceLocation Andes ⓘ
Patagonia ⓘ
surface form: Patagonian Andes
supports settlements along its valley ⓘ
supportsCommunity Welsh-Argentine settlements in Chubut Valley ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
drinking water supply ⓘ
hydroelectric power ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Chubut River → flowsThrough → Chubut River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valle Inferior del Río Chubut
Patagonia → majorRiver → Chubut River ⓘ
Chubut River → nameInSpanish → Chubut River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Río Chubut
Chubut River → riverSystem → Chubut River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chubut River basin