Casiquiare canal

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The Casiquiare canal is a rare natural river channel in Venezuela that uniquely links the Orinoco and Amazon river basins, allowing water to flow between two of South America’s largest river systems.

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Label Occurrences
Casiquiare canal canonical 6
Casiquiare Canal 2
Casiquiare canal region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf natural river channel
river
river bifurcation
connectsRiver Orinoco River
Rio Negro
connectsRiverBasin Amazon Basin
surface form: Amazon River basin

Orinoco Basin
surface form: Orinoco River basin
continent South America
country Venezuela
discoveredByEuropeans 18th century explorers
documentedBy Alexander von Humboldt
drainageBasin Amazon–Orinoco watershed region
surface form: Orinoco–Amazon interfluvial region
drainageDivideType fluvial bifurcation
ecosystem Amazon rainforest
flowsInto Rio Negro
flowsThrough tropical rainforest
hasBasinCountry Venezuela
hasBiodiversity high aquatic species richness
hasFeature low gradient
seasonal variations in flow direction
hasFlowDirection generally from Orinoco to Rio Negro
hasMouthElevation lowland floodplain
hasSourceElevation upper Orinoco low plateau
hasTributary Pasimoni River
Siapa River
hydrologicalFeature river capture
hydrologicalUniqueness one of the few known natural links between major river basins
inhabitedBy indigenous communities
languageOfName Spanish
length about 190 miles
approximately 300 km
locatedIn Amazon Basin
surface form: Amazon basin

Amazonas state, Venezuela
surface form: Amazonas state (Venezuela)

Bolívar State
surface form: Bolívar state

Orinoco Basin
surface form: Orinoco basin

South America
mouthLocation Rio Negro
notableFor linking two major river systems
natural canal between Orinoco and Amazon basins
partOf Amazon Basin
surface form: Amazon River system

Orinoco River
surface form: Orinoco River system

Orinoco–Amazon waterway
region Guiana Shield
surface form: Guayana Shield
sourceLocation Orinoco River
surface form: Upper Orinoco
sourceRiver Orinoco River
usedFor local river transport
watercourseType blackwater river

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

Orinoco River majorTributary Casiquiare canal
Orinoco River connectionVia Casiquiare canal
Orinoco Basin hydrologicalConnection Casiquiare canal
Rio Negro majorTributary Casiquiare canal
Negro River basin hasTributaryRiver Casiquiare canal
this entity surface form: Casiquiare Canal
Negro River basin connectedVia Casiquiare canal
this entity surface form: Casiquiare Canal
Amazon–Orinoco watershed region hasPart Casiquiare canal
Amazonas state, Venezuela contains Casiquiare canal
this entity surface form: Casiquiare canal region
Amazonas (Venezuela) contains Casiquiare canal