Sinú River

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The Sinú River is a major river in northern Colombia that flows through the Caribbean lowlands before emptying into the Caribbean Sea.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sinú River canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
basinCountry Colombia NERFINISHED
country Colombia
drainageBasinLocatedIn Córdoba Department NERFINISHED
emptiesInto Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED
flowsDirection generally northward
flowsNear Montería NERFINISHED
flowsThrough Caribbean lowlands
Córdoba Department NERFINISHED
hasBasinType lowland river basin
hasBiodiversity high aquatic biodiversity
hasClimate tropical humid
hasEconomicImportance hydropower potential
regional agriculture
regional fisheries
hasEcosystemType tropical river ecosystem
hasFloodplain Sinú River valley NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalInhabitants Zenú people NERFINISHED
hasMouthNear Gulf of Morrosquillo NERFINISHED
hasRisk seasonal flooding
influences Montería urban development
isMajorRiverOf northern Colombia
isOneOf major rivers of the Colombian Caribbean coast
locatedIn Caribbean region of Colombia
northern Colombia NERFINISHED
majorCityOnRiver Montería NERFINISHED
mouth Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED
namedAfter Zenú (Sinú) indigenous culture NERFINISHED
partOf Caribbean drainage basin
passesThrough Montería NERFINISHED
region Caribbean lowlands of Colombia
sourceLocation Cordillera Occidental (Colombian Andes) NERFINISHED
usedFor fishing
irrigation
transportation

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

Córdoba Department traversedBy Sinú River
Sinú River valley drainedBy Sinú River
Sinú River valley namedAfter Sinú River