Northwestern Amazonia

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cultural region ecological region geographical region

Northwestern Amazonia is a culturally and ecologically diverse region of the upper Amazon Basin, spanning parts of countries like Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil and known for its dense rainforests and numerous Indigenous languages and peoples.

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All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
Upper Amazon 4
Northwestern Amazonia canonical 3
Western Amazonia 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
ecological region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
borderedBy Andean mountains ⓘ
surface form: Andes Mountains region
containsEcosystem blackwater river systems ⓘ
flooded forests ⓘ
terra firme forests ⓘ
whitewater river systems ⓘ
containsRiver Amazon River tributaries ⓘ
hasCharacteristic cultural diversity ⓘ
dense forest cover ⓘ
high biodiversity ⓘ
linguistic diversity ⓘ
hasClimate humid tropical climate ⓘ
hasConservationImportance global biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
key area for climate regulation ⓘ
hasCulturalImportance center of Indigenous cosmologies ⓘ
repository of traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity gathering of forest products ⓘ
hunting and fishing ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasEnvironmentType tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasHydrologicalRole major source of freshwater for the Amazon River ⓘ
hasIndigenousLanguages numerous Indigenous languages ⓘ
hasIndigenousPopulation numerous Indigenous peoples ⓘ
hasLandCover primary rainforest ⓘ
hasLandUse Indigenous territories ⓘ
protected areas ⓘ
hasResearchInterest anthropology ⓘ
climate science ⓘ
ecology ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
isKnownFor complex ritual practices ⓘ
longhouse-based settlements ⓘ
rich ethnobotanical knowledge ⓘ
shamanic traditions ⓘ
locatedIn Brazil ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Ecuador ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
South America ⓘ
partOf Amazon Basin ⓘ
threatenedBy deforestation ⓘ
infrastructure development ⓘ
large-scale cattle ranching ⓘ
mining ⓘ
oil extraction ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

Jivaroan → linguisticArea → Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
Achuar-Shiwiar language → region → Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Amazon
Achuar-Shiwiar language → linguisticArea → Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
Japurá River → partOf → Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: western Amazonia
Warekena language → linguisticArea → Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
Maipurean languages → hasSubgroup → Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Amazon Maipurean
Tariana language → region → Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Rio Negro region
Andean foreland → hasPart → Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazonian foreland sector
Acre River → locatedIn → Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Amazonia
Amazonian Kichwa → hasRegionSpecificVarieties → Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Amazon Basin
Tahuamanu River → region → Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: western Amazon
Cordillera del Cóndor region → partOf → Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazon Basin headwaters region
Jivaroan languages → region → Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Amazon
Macro-Jibaroan → geographicRegion → Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: northwestern Amazon
Shiwiar → culturalRegion → Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Amazon
Shiwiar → culturalArea → Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Amazonia
Pastaza River region → partOf → Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: upper Amazon Basin
Asháninka (Campa) → region → Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
subject surface form: Asháninka
this entity surface form: western Brazilian Amazon
Morona River → locatedIn → Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: northwestern Amazon Basin
Yucuna people → culturalArea → Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Amazonia
Putumayo River → locatedIn → Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: western Amazon Basin
Pastaza River → drainageBasin → Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: northwestern Amazon Basin
Cofán people → culturalRegion → Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Amazon