Rímac Valley

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The Rímac Valley is a fertile river valley on Peru’s central coast that has long served as a cradle of pre-Columbian civilizations and the site of present-day Lima.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rímac River valley 4
Rímac Valley canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
river valley
adjacentTo Chillón Valley NERFINISHED
Lurín Valley NERFINISHED
climate arid subtropical
colonialRole agricultural hinterland of colonial Lima
contains Lima Metropolitan Area NERFINISHED
city of Lima NERFINISHED
lower Rímac basin
middle Rímac basin
upper Rímac basin
containsArchaeologicalSite Huaca Huantille NERFINISHED
Huaca La Florida NERFINISHED
Huaca Mateo Salado NERFINISHED
Huaca Palomino NERFINISHED
Huaca Pucllana NERFINISHED
Huaca San Marcos NERFINISHED
Huaca Santa Ana NERFINISHED
Huaca Tres Palos NERFINISHED
Pachacámac NERFINISHED
country Peru
flowsInto Pacific Ocean via Rímac River mouth at Callao
hasCharacteristic fertile
irrigated by river water
oasis-like agricultural zone
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
services
urban industry
hasEnvironmentalIssue loss of agricultural land
urban sprawl
water pollution
historicalRole core area of Lima’s pre-Hispanic occupation
cradle of pre-Columbian civilizations
isWatershedFor Lima’s potable water supply
languageOfHistoricalInhabitants Quechua NERFINISHED
pre-Quechua coastal languages
locatedIn Andean coastal desert
central coast of Peru
mainCrops forage crops
fruits
vegetables
partOf Lima Region NERFINISHED
supports irrigated agriculture
traversedBy Rímac River NERFINISHED
usedFor agriculture
urban settlement
wasInhabitedBy Ichma culture NERFINISHED
Inca Empire NERFINISHED
Lima culture NERFINISHED

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

Lima culture period locatedIn Rímac Valley
Ate District locatedInValley Rímac Valley
this entity surface form: Rímac River valley
San Juan de Lurigancho District locatedIn Rímac Valley
this entity surface form: Rímac River valley
Garagay locatedIn Rímac Valley
Puruchuco proximityTo Rímac Valley
this entity surface form: Rímac River valley
Ichma culture locatedIn Rímac Valley
Lurín River valley southOf Rímac Valley
this entity surface form: Rímac River valley
Chosica, Peru locatedInValley Rímac Valley
subject surface form: Chosica