Athi River basin

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drainage basin river basin

The Athi River basin is a major drainage basin in Kenya that collects waters from rivers such as the Nairobi River and ultimately feeds into the Indian Ocean.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Athi River	12
Athi River basin canonical	5
Nairobi River Basin	2
Athi River drainage system	1
Athi-Galana-Sabaki River Basin	1
Athi-Galana-Sabaki basin	1
Athi–Galana–Sabaki River basin	1
greater Nairobi river basin	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	drainage basin ⓘ river basin ⓘ
alternativeName	Athi River basin ⓘ surface form: Athi-Galana-Sabaki basin Athi River basin ⓘ surface form: Athi–Galana–Sabaki River basin
climateZone	semi-arid ⓘ tropical savanna ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Kenya ⓘ
drainsInto	Indian Ocean ⓘ
emptiesNear	Malindi ⓘ
hasBiodiversity	riparian ecosystems ⓘ wetland habitats ⓘ
hasIssue	domestic wastewater pollution ⓘ industrial effluent contamination ⓘ solid waste dumping ⓘ water pollution ⓘ water scarcity in dry seasons ⓘ
hasMouthNear	Indian Ocean coast of Kenya ⓘ
includesRiver	Athi River basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Athi River Galana River ⓘ Kikuyu Springs tributaries ⓘ Mathare River ⓘ Mbagathi River ⓘ Nairobi River ⓘ Ruiru River ⓘ Sabaki River ⓘ Stony Athi River ⓘ Thika River ⓘ
landUse	agriculture ⓘ conservation areas ⓘ rangeland ⓘ urban ⓘ
locatedIn	Kenya ⓘ
locatedOn	African Plate ⓘ
majorRiver	Athi River basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Athi River
managingAuthority	Water Resources Authority of Kenya ⓘ
partOf	Kenya coastal drainage systems ⓘ
partOfPlanningUnit	Athi Catchment Area ⓘ
passesNear	Athi River settlements ⓘ surface form: Athi River town Malindi ⓘ Nairobi ⓘ
passesThrough	Kajiado County ⓘ Kiambu County ⓘ Kilifi County ⓘ Kitui County ⓘ Machakos County ⓘ Makueni County ⓘ Nairobi County ⓘ Taita-Taveta County ⓘ
sourceRegion	Central Province, Kenya ⓘ surface form: Central Kenya Kenyan highlands ⓘ
threat	catchment degradation ⓘ deforestation in upper catchment ⓘ encroachment of riparian reserves ⓘ
usedFor	domestic water supply ⓘ hydropower potential ⓘ irrigation ⓘ livestock watering ⓘ sand harvesting ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

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

Nairobi River → partOf → Athi River basin ⓘ

Nairobi River → tributaryOf → Athi River basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athi River

Nairobi River → mouthLocation → Athi River basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athi River

Tsavo National Park → river → Athi River basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athi River

Nairobi Rivers Basin Programme (NRBP) → focusArea → Athi River basin ⓘ

subject surface form: Nairobi Rivers Basin Programme

this entity surface form: Nairobi River Basin

Nairobi Metropolitan Region → containsTown → Athi River basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athi River

Ruiru River → partOf → Athi River basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: greater Nairobi river basin

Ruiru River → drainageBasin → Athi River basin ⓘ

Athi River settlements → locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater → Athi River basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athi River

Mbagathi River → partOf → Athi River basin ⓘ

Mbagathi River → tributaryOf → Athi River basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athi River

Athi River basin → majorRiver → Athi River basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athi River

Athi River basin → includesRiver → Athi River basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athi River

Athi River basin → alternativeName → Athi River basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athi–Galana–Sabaki River basin

Athi River basin → alternativeName → Athi River basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athi-Galana-Sabaki basin

Mathare River → partOf → Athi River basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nairobi River Basin

Mathare River → partOf → Athi River basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athi River drainage system

Mathare River → drainageBasin → Athi River basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athi-Galana-Sabaki River Basin

Ngong River → partOf → Athi River basin ⓘ

Kirichwa River → hydrologicalSystem → Athi River basin ⓘ

Yatta Plateau → runsAlong → Athi River basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athi River

Yatta Plateau → parallelTo → Athi River basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athi River

Tsavo River → tributaryOf → Athi River basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athi River

Emali → roadConnection → Athi River basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athi River