Desaguadero River

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The Desaguadero River is a major river of the Altiplano in South America that drains Lake Titicaca and flows southward through Bolivia toward Lake Poopó.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Desaguadero River canonical 4
Desaguadero 1
Río Desaguadero 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
river
alsoKnownAs Desaguadero River
surface form: Río Desaguadero
associatedWith Aymara communities
traditional fishing
basinCountry Bolivia
Peru
borderFunction forms part of the border between Bolivia and Peru
climateZone high-altitude semi-arid
connects Poopó Lake
surface form: Lake Poopó

Lake Titicaca
continent South America
country Bolivia
countrySubdivision La Paz Department
Oruro Department
Puno Region
drainageBasin Poopó Lake
surface form: Poopó basin

Altiplano plateau
surface form: Titicaca basin
drains Lake Titicaca
ecoregion Central Andean dry puna
Central Andean wet puna
flowDirection southward
flowsInto Poopó Lake
surface form: Lake Poopó
flowsThrough Bolivia
hasBridge Binational bridge at Desaguadero town
hasTownOnBanks Desaguadero
hydrologicalRole principal outlet of Lake Titicaca
length approximately 320 kilometers
locatedIn Altiplano plateau
surface form: Altiplano

Andes
majorUse irrigation
livestock watering
local transportation
mouth Poopó Lake
surface form: Lake Poopó
mouthElevation approximately 3686 meters
partOf Poopó Lake
surface form: Titicaca–Desaguadero–Poopó–Salar de Coipasa system
region Altiplano plateau
surface form: Altiplano
risk reduced flow due to climate change
salinization of soils in lower basin
salinityTrend increases downstream
source Lake Titicaca
sourceElevation approximately 3810 meters
subjectTo seasonal flow variation
water diversion for agriculture
waterSystem endorheic basin
waterType freshwater to brackish

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Referenced by (6)

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

Lake Titicaca outflow Desaguadero River
Desaguadero River alsoKnownAs Desaguadero River
this entity surface form: Río Desaguadero
Poopó Lake inflow Desaguadero River
Poopó Lake hydrologicalConnectionVia Desaguadero River
Lake Titicaca region containsTown Desaguadero River
this entity surface form: Desaguadero
Uru Uru Lake inflow Desaguadero River