Bagradas River
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The Bagradas River, known today as the Medjerda River, is the principal river of Tunisia and a historically significant waterway in ancient North Africa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bagradas River canonical | 2 |
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical river
ⓘ
river ⓘ |
| associatedPeriod |
Punic Wars
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Carthage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
Algeria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tunisia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Tunisia ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | northeastern Tunisia ⓘ |
| emptiesNear | Gulf of Tunis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Algeria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tunisia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEventSite |
Battle of the Bagradas River (255 BC)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of the Bagradas River (49 BC) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalNameOf | Medjerda River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Africa Proconsularis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carthaginian territory ⓘ Numidia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | major waterway of ancient North Africa ⓘ |
| importance |
key route between interior of North Africa and Mediterranean coast
ⓘ
principal river of ancient Carthaginian hinterland ⓘ |
| knownInGreekAs | Βαγράδας NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownInLatinAs | Bagradas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | North Africa ⓘ |
| modernCountry | Tunisia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernName | Medjerda River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouth | Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | Carthage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Medjerda River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| principalRiverOf | Tunisia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceCountry | Algeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
agriculture
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.