Papaloapan basin

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geographical region river basin

The Papaloapan basin is a river basin region in southern Mexico known for its rich biodiversity and as a cultural area home to various Indigenous communities.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Papaloapan River basin 3
Papaloapan Basin 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
river basin ⓘ
containsEcosystem floodplain wetlands ⓘ
mangroves ⓘ
riparian forest ⓘ
tropical moist forest ⓘ
containsPart Papaloapan River NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
drainedBy Papaloapan River NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
cattle ranching ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
hasCharacteristic frequent flooding ⓘ
high biodiversity ⓘ
humid tropical climate ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue deforestation ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ
hasHydrologicalFeature extensive floodplains ⓘ
numerous tributary rivers ⓘ
hasIndigenousCommunity Afro-Mexican communities ⓘ
Chinantec people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mazatec people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nahua people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Popoluca people NERFINISHED ⓘ
indigenousLanguageSpoken Chinantec languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mazatec languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nahua languages ⓘ
Popoluca languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor cultural diversity ⓘ
rich wetlands ⓘ
tropical rainforests ⓘ
languageSpoken Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn southern Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory state of Oaxaca NERFINISHED ⓘ
state of Puebla ⓘ
state of Veracruz NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorCity Cosamaloapan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tlacotalpan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tuxtepec NERFINISHED ⓘ
mouthLocatedAt Gulf of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Gulf of Mexico watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mexican Gulf coastal plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
river transport ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Chinantecan languages → areSpokenIn → Papaloapan basin ⓘ
Chinantec people → geographicDistribution → Papaloapan basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papaloapan River basin
Tuxtepec → hasRiver → Papaloapan basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papaloapan River basin
Río Blanco (river) → partOf → Papaloapan basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papaloapan River basin
Tuxtepec → region → Papaloapan basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papaloapan Basin