Duero Basin

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The Duero Basin is a large sedimentary basin in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, drained by the Duero River and forming one of Spain’s principal agricultural and geographic regions.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Duero basin 8
Duero Basin canonical 2
Duero River basin 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural region
geographical region
sedimentary basin
boundedBy Cantabrian Mountains
Sistema Central
surface form: Central System

Galician Massif
climateType continental Mediterranean climate
contains Duero River floodplain
Tertiary sedimentary deposits
alluvial plains
countryWithLargestArea Spain
crossesBorderBetween Portugal and Spain
surface form: Spain and Portugal
drainageBasinOf Duero
surface form: Duero River
drainagePattern dendritic
drainedBy Duero
surface form: Duero River
emptiesUltimatelyInto Atlantic Ocean via Duero River
extendsInto Castile and León
northern Portugal
filledWith Cenozoic sediments
geologicalType foreland basin
hasEconomicActivity cereal farming
irrigated agriculture
wine production
hasGeomorphology broad interior plateau
hasHistoricalImportanceFor Castilian Meseta development
hasLandUse cereal cultivation
livestock grazing
vineyards
hasMainOrientation east–west
hasNameInPortuguese Douro basin
surface form: Bacia do Douro
hasNameInSpanish Duero
surface form: Cuenca del Duero
hasPrimaryUse agriculture
hasSoilType clayey sediments
fertile alluvial soils
hydrologicalBasinCodeCountry Spain
isKeyRegionFor Duero wine regions
Spanish cereal production
isMajorAgriculturalRegionOf Spain
isSeparatedFrom Ebro basin
surface form: Ebro Basin

Tagus Basin
locatedIn northwest of the Iberian Peninsula
locatedInCountry Portugal
Spain
majorRiver Duero
surface form: Duero River
partOf Iberian Peninsula
partOfHydrologicalRegion Duero Basin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Duero River basin

Referenced by (15)

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

Meseta Central contains Duero Basin
Sierra de Guadarrama drainageBasin Duero Basin
this entity surface form: Duero basin
Pisuerga River partOf Duero Basin
this entity surface form: Duero River basin
Puente de Tordesillas riverBasin Duero Basin
this entity surface form: Duero basin
Plaza Mayor de Tordesillas region Duero Basin
this entity surface form: Duero basin
Iberian Plate contains Duero Basin
Sierra de Gredos drainageBasin Duero Basin
this entity surface form: Duero basin
Sistema Central riverBasinsSeparated Duero Basin
this entity surface form: Duero basin
Duero Basin partOfHydrologicalRegion Duero Basin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Duero River basin
Toro, Zamora, Spain hasViewOf Duero Basin
this entity surface form: Duero River valley
Torío River partOf Duero Basin
this entity surface form: Duero river basin
Tierra de Campos locatedIn Duero Basin
this entity surface form: Duero basin
Ribera del Duero DO locatedIn Duero Basin
this entity surface form: Duero River valley
Sierra de Ayllón drainageBasin Duero Basin
this entity surface form: Duero basin
Esgueva River partOf Duero Basin
this entity surface form: Duero basin