Usumacinta River

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river

The Usumacinta River is a major river in southeastern Mexico and northwestern Guatemala, known for its extensive rainforest basin, rich biodiversity, and archaeological sites of the ancient Maya civilization along its banks.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Usumacinta River canonical 13
Usumacinta River basin 11
Usumacinta River system 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWithCivilization Maya civilization ⓘ
basinCountry Guatemala ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
biome tropical rainforest ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Guatemala ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
drainageArea approximately 106000 square kilometers ⓘ
approximately 41000 square miles ⓘ
drainageBasin Usumacinta River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Usumacinta River basin
ecoregion Pantanos de Centla ⓘ
Maya Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
surface form: Petén–Veracruz moist forests
flowsInto Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
flowsThrough Chiapas ⓘ
Petén Department ⓘ
Tabasco ⓘ
formsBorderBetween Guatemala ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
hasWildlife crocodile ⓘ
howler monkey ⓘ
jaguar ⓘ
scarlet macaw ⓘ
historicalRegion Maya lowlands ⓘ
surface form: Maya Lowlands
knownFor Maya archaeological sites along its banks ⓘ
extensive rainforest basin ⓘ
high biodiversity ⓘ
length approximately 1000 kilometers ⓘ
approximately 620 miles ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern Guatemala ⓘ
southeastern Mexico ⓘ
majorTributary Pasión River ⓘ
Salinas River ⓘ
San Pedro River (Guatemala) ⓘ
mouth Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
mouthCountry Mexico ⓘ
mouthLocation Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Bay of Campeche
nearArchaeologicalSite Altar de Sacrificios ⓘ
Moral-Reforma ⓘ
Piedras Negras ⓘ
Pomona (Maya site) ⓘ
Seibal ⓘ
Yaxchilán ⓘ
partOf Mesoamerica ⓘ
sourceCountry Guatemala ⓘ
sourceRegion Guatemala Highlands ⓘ
surface form: Guatemalan Highlands
threatenedBy deforestation ⓘ
hydroelectric dam projects ⓘ
illegal logging ⓘ
usedFor ecotourism ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
river transport ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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

Gulf of Mexico → receivesRiver → Usumacinta River ⓘ
Palenque → locatedIn → Usumacinta River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Usumacinta River basin
Palenque → locatedNear → Usumacinta River ⓘ
eastern Mexico → hasRiver → Usumacinta River ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Mexico
State of Chiapas → majorRiver → Usumacinta River ⓘ
southern Mexico → hasRiver → Usumacinta River ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Mexico
Tabasco → hasRiver → Usumacinta River ⓘ
Usumacinta River → drainageBasin → Usumacinta River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Usumacinta River basin
Chiapas → containsRiver → Usumacinta River ⓘ
Gulf Coast regions → traversedBy → Usumacinta River ⓘ
Grijalva River → confluenceWith → Usumacinta River ⓘ
Tumbalá mountains foothills → locatedIn → Usumacinta River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Usumacinta River basin
western Maya lowlands → locatedIn → Usumacinta River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Usumacinta River basin
Temple of the Inscriptions → nearRiver → Usumacinta River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Usumacinta River basin
Yaxchilán → locatedOnRiver → Usumacinta River ⓘ
Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve → locatedIn → Usumacinta River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Usumacinta River basin
Lacandon Jungle → contains → Usumacinta River ⓘ
Tenosique → locatedOn → Usumacinta River ⓘ
Piedras Negras → locatedOnRiver → Usumacinta River ⓘ
Piedras Negras → partOf → Usumacinta River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Usumacinta River basin
Chol people → region → Usumacinta River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Usumacinta River basin
San Pedro River (Guatemala) → partOf → Usumacinta River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Usumacinta River basin
San Pedro River (Guatemala) → mouthOf → Usumacinta River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Usumacinta River system
Moral-Reforma → locatedInRegion → Usumacinta River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Usumacinta River basin
Salinas River → partOf → Usumacinta River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Usumacinta River basin