Panama Canal watershed

E753501
drainage basin geographical region watershed

The Panama Canal watershed is the extensive drainage basin in central Panama that collects rainfall and feeds the locks and lakes essential for the operation of the Panama Canal.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Panama Canal watershed canonical 6
Panama Canal Basin 1
Panama Canal basin 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
watershed ⓘ
borderedBy Colón NERFINISHED ⓘ
Panama City NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsProtectedArea Camino de Cruces National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chagres National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
Metropolitan Natural Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soberanía National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Panama ⓘ
drainsInto Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
ecologicalSignificance critical habitat for neotropical species ⓘ
high biodiversity ⓘ
economicImportance supports global maritime trade via Panama Canal ⓘ
feeds Alajuela Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gatun Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
Panama Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente de Panamá NERFINISHED ⓘ
Autoridad del Canal de Panamá NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasClimate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
hydrologicalFunction collects rainfall for Panama Canal operation ⓘ
includesRiver Boquerón River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chagres River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ciri Grande River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ciri de los Sotos River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gatun River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pedro Miguel River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rio Grande (Panama) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trinidad River NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesWaterBody Alajuela Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gatun Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Central Panama NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnContinent North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
managementObjective conserve forest cover ⓘ
maintain water availability for Panama Canal ⓘ
protect biodiversity ⓘ
partOf Panama Canal system NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUse hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
urban water supply ⓘ
water supply for navigation ⓘ
relatedTo Panama Canal Authority watershed management program NERFINISHED ⓘ
suppliesWaterTo Panama Canal locks NERFINISHED ⓘ
threatenedBy agricultural encroachment ⓘ
climate variability ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
urban expansion ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Miraflores Lake → waterSource → Panama Canal watershed ⓘ
Chagres River → locatedIn → Panama Canal watershed ⓘ
Chagres River → partOf → Panama Canal watershed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panama Canal basin
Isla Tigre → locatedInProtectedArea → Panama Canal watershed ⓘ
Isla Peña Blanca → locatedIn → Panama Canal watershed ⓘ
Chagres National Park → partOf → Panama Canal watershed ⓘ
Arraiján District → locatedIn → Panama Canal watershed ⓘ
Nicaragua Canal Basin → comparedWith → Panama Canal watershed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panama Canal Basin