Acelhuate River basin

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The Acelhuate River basin is a watershed in central El Salvador that drains much of the San Salvador metropolitan area and is known for severe urban pollution and flood risk.

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Label Occurrences
Acelhuate River basin canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river basin ⓘ
watershed ⓘ
climateRisk increased flood frequency ⓘ
intense rainfall events ⓘ
country El Salvador ⓘ
drainageType sub-basin of Lempa River ⓘ
urban watershed ⓘ
drains Cuscatancingo ⓘ
Ilopango ⓘ
linked to: Lake Ilopango

Mejicanos ⓘ
San Salvador ⓘ
San Salvador metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: San Salvador

Soyapango ⓘ
emptiesInto Lempa River ⓘ
Lempa River basin ⓘ
environmentalIssue ecosystem degradation ⓘ
flood hazard ⓘ
public health risk ⓘ
surface water contamination ⓘ
hasCharacteristic channel encroachment ⓘ
flash flooding ⓘ
high flood risk ⓘ
high urbanization ⓘ
informal settlements in floodplains ⓘ
severe water pollution ⓘ
solid waste pollution ⓘ
hasProblem encroachment by housing and industry ⓘ
insufficient wastewater treatment ⓘ
riverbank erosion ⓘ
sedimentation in channels ⓘ
locatedIn central El Salvador ⓘ
mainRiver Acelhuate River ⓘ
managedBy Government of El Salvador ⓘ
municipal governments of San Salvador metropolitan area ⓘ
partOf Lempa River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Lempa River basin
pollutionSource industrial effluents ⓘ
solid waste dumping ⓘ
stormwater runoff ⓘ
untreated domestic wastewater ⓘ
region La Libertad Department ⓘ
San Salvador Department ⓘ
subjectOf flood risk management projects ⓘ
river restoration proposals ⓘ
water quality monitoring programs ⓘ
usedFor stormwater conveyance ⓘ
urban drainage ⓘ

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

San Salvador → river → Acelhuate River basin ⓘ