Riachuelo River
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The Riachuelo River is a heavily polluted waterway in Buenos Aires, Argentina, historically significant as an industrial hub and now a major focus of environmental cleanup efforts.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Riachuelo River canonical | 4 |
| Riachuelo | 2 |
| Riachuelo river | 2 |
| Riachuelo channel | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
river
ⓘ
waterway ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Matanza River
ⓘ
Matanza River ⓘ
surface form:
Matanza–Riachuelo River
|
| basinCountry | Argentina ⓘ |
| basinPopulation | several million inhabitants ⓘ |
| cleanupLedBy | ACUMAR ⓘ |
| cleanupSupervisedBy | Supreme Court of Argentina ⓘ |
| country | Argentina ⓘ |
| environmentalStatus | one of the most polluted rivers in Argentina ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Río de la Plata ⓘ |
| flowsThroughRegion | Greater Buenos Aires ⓘ |
| governedByPlan | Riachuelo Basin Integrated Cleanup Plan ⓘ |
| hasLandmark | Transbordador Bridge of La Boca ⓘ |
| hasLegalCase | environmental lawsuit Mendoza vs. State ⓘ |
| hasMouthAt |
La Boca
ⓘ
surface form:
La Boca neighborhood
|
| hasMouthNear | Port of Buenos Aires ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
industrial hub of Buenos Aires
ⓘ
transport route for goods ⓘ |
| impact |
air and odor pollution along banks
ⓘ
contaminated sediments ⓘ degraded aquatic ecosystem ⓘ |
| isBorderBetween |
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
ⓘ
Buenos Aires Province ⓘ |
| issueType |
public health risk
ⓘ
water quality crisis ⓘ |
| isTributaryOf |
Río de la Plata
ⓘ
surface form:
Río de la Plata estuary
|
| knownFor |
environmental conflict
ⓘ
heavy pollution ⓘ industrial contamination ⓘ |
| length | approximately 64 km ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
ⓘ
Buenos Aires ⓘ Buenos Aires Province ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedIn | Río de la Plata ⓘ |
| partOf |
La Plata Basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Río de la Plata Basin
|
| passesThrough |
Avellaneda
ⓘ
La Boca ⓘ La Matanza ⓘ Lanús ⓘ Lomas de Zamora ⓘ |
| pollutionSource |
informal settlements without sanitation
ⓘ
metalworking industries ⓘ slaughterhouses ⓘ tanneries ⓘ |
| pollutionType |
chemical effluents
ⓘ
heavy metals ⓘ industrial waste ⓘ sewage ⓘ |
| subjectOf | major environmental cleanup program ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Riachuelo
this entity surface form:
Riachuelo river
this entity surface form:
Riachuelo
this entity surface form:
Riachuelo channel
this entity surface form:
Riachuelo river