Amazon River mouth
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The Amazon River mouth is the vast estuarine region on the northeastern coast of South America where the Amazon River empties into the Atlantic Ocean, forming one of the largest river mouths in the world.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
estuary
→
river mouth → |
| adjacentTo |
Atlantic Ocean
→
Brazilian coast → |
| affects | Atlantic Ocean circulation near the equator → |
| climateZone | tropical → |
| continent | South America → |
| country | Brazil → |
| drainageBasin | Amazon River basin → |
| ecoregion | Amazon estuary and coastal zone → |
| emptiesInto | Atlantic Ocean → |
| hasBiodiversity | high → |
| hasDischarge | very high freshwater flow → |
| hasEconomicImportance |
fisheries
→
navigation → regional transport → |
| hasFeature |
broad estuarine region
→
complex network of channels and islands → strong freshwater plume into the Atlantic Ocean → |
| hasPlume | Amazon River freshwater plume → |
| hasProcess |
mixing of freshwater and seawater
→
nutrient transport to the Atlantic Ocean → sediment deposition → tidal influence → |
| hasSedimentLoad | very high → |
| hasWidth | very wide multi-channel opening → |
| hydrologicalSystem |
Amazon rainforest
→
surface form: "Amazon Basin"
|
| influences |
Atlantic Ocean salinity near the equator
→
regional marine ecosystems → sediment distribution along the adjacent Atlantic shelf → |
| knownFor |
being one of the largest river mouths in the world
→
high freshwater discharge into the Atlantic Ocean → |
| locatedIn |
Brazil
→
northeastern coast of South America → |
| near |
Amapá state coast
→
Pará state coast → equator → |
| ocean | Atlantic Ocean → |
| partOf |
Amazon River
→
Amazon River mouth →
surface form: "Amazon River delta system"
|
| supports |
diverse fish populations
→
important bird habitats → rich mangrove ecosystems → |
| waterType |
brackish
→
freshwater-seawater mixing zone → |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Amazon River delta"
this entity surface form: "Amazon River delta system"