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.
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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Siapa River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 system NERFINISHED ⓘ Orinoco–Amazon waterway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Guiana Shield
ⓘ
surface form:
Guayana Shield
|
| sourceLocation | Upper Orinoco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceRiver | Orinoco River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | local river transport ⓘ |
| watercourseType | blackwater river ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.