Loa River
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The Loa River is the longest river in Chile, flowing in a great arc through the Atacama Desert to the Pacific Ocean.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Loa River canonical | 5 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Chile ⓘ |
| climateZone | hyper-arid ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Chile ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Atacama Desert ⓘ |
| drains | part of the Atacama Plateau ⓘ |
| elevationAtSource | high Andes ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally northward then westward ⓘ |
| flowsNear |
Chuquicamata mine
ⓘ
surface form:
Chuquicamata copper mine
San Pedro de Atacama ⓘ
surface form:
San Pedro de Atacama area
|
| flowsThrough |
Antofagasta Region
ⓘ
Calama ⓘ Chuquicamata mine ⓘ
surface form:
Chuquicamata area
Quillagua ⓘ |
| formsArc | great arc through northern Chile ⓘ |
| hasBasinArea | on the order of 30,000 square kilometers (approximate) ⓘ |
| hasBridge | Loa River Bridge ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
deep canyons in some stretches
ⓘ
oases along its course ⓘ |
| hasOasis |
Atacama oases
ⓘ
surface form:
Quillagua oasis
|
| hasTributary |
Salado River
ⓘ
San Pedro de Inacaliri River ⓘ San Salvador River ⓘ |
| hasValley | Loa Valley ⓘ |
| hydrologicalRegime | snowmelt-dominated ⓘ |
| importance | main permanent watercourse of Atacama Desert ⓘ |
| length |
about 440 km
ⓘ
approximately 273 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Antofagasta Region
ⓘ
surface form:
Antofagasta Region of Chile
Atacama Desert ⓘ northern Chile ⓘ |
| longestRiverIn | Chile ⓘ |
| mouth | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | near Tocopilla ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Calama
ⓘ
Tocopilla ⓘ |
| region |
Chilean Norte Grande
ⓘ
surface form:
Norte Grande of Chile
|
| sourceLocation |
Andes
ⓘ
near Miño volcano ⓘ |
| terminatesIn | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| usedFor |
domestic water supply
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ mining industry water supply ⓘ |
| waterQualityIssue |
pollution from mining
ⓘ
salinity ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.