Orange River Mouth

E280260

estuary protected area river mouth wetland

Orange River Mouth is the coastal estuary where South Africa’s longest river, the Orange River, flows into the Atlantic Ocean, forming an ecologically important wetland area.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Orange River estuary	3
Orange River Mouth canonical	1
Orange River mouth	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	estuary ⓘ protected area ⓘ river mouth ⓘ wetland ⓘ
countryBorderBetween	Namibia ⓘ South Africa ⓘ
designatedAs	Ramsar site ⓘ
formsPartOf	South African west coast wetlands network ⓘ
hasAverageAnnualRainfall	very low ⓘ
hasConservationStatus	degraded ⓘ
hasEcosystemType	estuarine ecosystem ⓘ wetland ecosystem ⓘ
hasGeomorphologicalType	wave-dominated estuary ⓘ
hasHabitatType	lagoon ⓘ mudflat ⓘ salt marsh ⓘ sand dune ⓘ
hasKeySpeciesGroup	cormorants ⓘ flamingos ⓘ terns ⓘ waders ⓘ
hasOutflowDirection	westward into Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
hasSedimentType	sand ⓘ silt ⓘ
hasVegetationType	reeds ⓘ rushes ⓘ salt-tolerant vegetation ⓘ
isImportantFor	fish nursery habitat ⓘ migratory birds ⓘ waterbirds ⓘ
locatedIn	Namibia ⓘ South Africa ⓘ
locatedInClimateZone	arid coastal climate ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Northern Cape ⓘ
locatedNearSettlement	Alexander Bay ⓘ Oranjemund ⓘ
locatedOnWaterbody	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
mouthOf	Orange River ⓘ
partOf	Orange River Mouth self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Orange River estuary
RamsarDesignationYear	1991 ⓘ
RamsarSiteNumber	527 ⓘ
threatenedBy	flow regulation by dams ⓘ invasive species ⓘ mining activities ⓘ pollution ⓘ upstream water abstraction ⓘ
usedFor	birdwatching ⓘ recreational fishing ⓘ scientific research ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Orange River → mouthLocation → Orange River Mouth ⓘ

Karas Region → containsLandmark → Orange River Mouth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orange River mouth

Orange River Mouth → partOf → Orange River Mouth self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orange River estuary

Alexander Bay → hasFeature → Orange River Mouth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orange River estuary

Gariep River → hasEstuary → Orange River Mouth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orange River estuary