Orinoco Delta

E58780
river delta wetland

The Orinoco Delta is a vast, swampy river delta in eastern Venezuela where the Orinoco River empties into the Atlantic Ocean, characterized by a complex network of distributaries and rich biodiversity.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Orinoco Delta canonical 9
Orinoco River Delta 2
Orinoco Delta region 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river delta ⓘ
wetland ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of Paria ⓘ
characterizedBy brackish water zones ⓘ
high rainfall ⓘ
rich biodiversity ⓘ
swampy terrain ⓘ
tidal influence ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
country Venezuela ⓘ
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
transport by river boats ⓘ
ecosystemType freshwater wetland ⓘ
mangrove ecosystem ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
emptiesInto Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
fauna caimans ⓘ
herons ⓘ
ibises ⓘ
macaws ⓘ
manatees ⓘ
river dolphins ⓘ
flora mangroves ⓘ
palm species ⓘ
hasPart mangrove forests ⓘ
marshes ⓘ
network of distributaries ⓘ
sediment-rich floodplains ⓘ
swamps ⓘ
tidal channels ⓘ
inhabitedBy Warao people ⓘ
knownFor complex distributary network ⓘ
high sediment load ⓘ
important bird habitat ⓘ
traditional stilt-house villages ⓘ
languageSpokenByInhabitants Spanish ⓘ
Warao language ⓘ
locatedIn Orinoco Basin ⓘ
surface form: Orinoco River basin

South America ⓘ
Orinoco Belt ⓘ
surface form: eastern Venezuela
locatedInAdministrativeArea Delta Amacuro State ⓘ
majorCityNearby Tucupita ⓘ
mouthOf Orinoco River ⓘ
protectedAreaStatus partially protected ⓘ
threatenedBy deforestation ⓘ
oil exploration ⓘ
pollution ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Orinoco Basin headwaters → upstreamOf → Orinoco Delta ⓘ
Orinoco River → delta → Orinoco Delta ⓘ
Orinoco Basin → hasDelta → Orinoco Delta ⓘ
Delta Amacuro State → contains → Orinoco Delta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orinoco River Delta
Delta Amacuro State → knownFor → Orinoco Delta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orinoco River Delta
Delta Amacuro State → hasProtectedArea → Orinoco Delta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orinoco Delta wetlands
Tucupita → locatedInRegion → Orinoco Delta ⓘ
Tucupita → isMainUrbanCenterOf → Orinoco Delta ⓘ
Tucupita → isAccessPointTo → Orinoco Delta ⓘ
Warao language → spokenIn → Orinoco Delta ⓘ
Warao language → region → Orinoco Delta ⓘ
Warao people → primaryRegion → Orinoco Delta ⓘ
Warao people → culturalRegion → Orinoco Delta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orinoco Delta region