Riachuelo River

E252007

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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

La Boca → borderedBy → Riachuelo River ⓘ
Sergipe River → flowsThrough → Riachuelo River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Riachuelo
Fundación Proa → locatedNear → Riachuelo River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Riachuelo river
Puente Transbordador Nicolás Avellaneda → crosses → Riachuelo River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Riachuelo
Puente Transbordador Nicolás Avellaneda → spans → Riachuelo River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Riachuelo channel
Caminito → near → Riachuelo River ⓘ
Museo de la Pasión Boquense → near → Riachuelo River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Riachuelo river
Barracas → traversedBy → Riachuelo River ⓘ
Avellaneda → locatedOn → Riachuelo River ⓘ