Igara-Paraná River region
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The Igara-Paraná River region is an area of the northwestern Amazon rainforest that forms part of the ancestral homeland of the Huitoto (Witoto) Indigenous people.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Igaraparaná River region | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
ⓘ
river basin region ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicGroup |
Bora people
NERFINISHED
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Huitoto people NERFINISHED ⓘ Muinane people NERFINISHED ⓘ Ocaina people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| biome | humid tropical forest ⓘ |
| borderedBy | Putumayo River region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Colombia ⓘ |
| culturalRegionFor |
Huitoto ceremonial dances and chants
ⓘ
maloca-based communal housing traditions ⓘ traditional coca and tobacco use in ritual contexts ⓘ |
| drainedBy | Igara-Paraná River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecosystemType | tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| governedUnder | Indigenous resguardo (reserve) regimes in parts of the area ⓘ |
| hasBiodiversity | high Amazonian species richness ⓘ |
| hasClimate | equatorial climate ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificanceFor |
Huitoto cosmology
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Huitoto origin myths ⓘ |
| hasHydrology | network of blackwater and whitewater streams ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
hunting and gathering
ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ small-scale fishing ⓘ |
| historicallyAffectedBy |
Amazon rubber boom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Casa Arana rubber enterprise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| indigenousHomelandOf |
Huitoto people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Witoto people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | severe abuses against Indigenous peoples during the rubber boom ⓘ |
| languageRegionOf | Witotoan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Amazon Basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ Loreto Department (historical region of Colombia) NERFINISHED ⓘ South America ⓘ northwestern Amazon rainforest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Colombian Amazon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Putumayo River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Amazon region NERFINISHED ⓘ interfluvial area between Caquetá and Putumayo rivers ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | ancestral territory of Huitoto people ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
deforestation
ⓘ
loss of Indigenous territories ⓘ resource extraction ⓘ |
| transportMode | fluvial transport by canoe and riverboats ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Putumayo River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | traditional agroforestry systems ⓘ |
| vegetationType | evergreen lowland rainforest ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Igaraparaná River region
subject surface form:
Huitoto