Wei River

E106569

The Wei River is a major river in north-central China that flows through the historical heartland of ancient Chinese civilization and serves as a key tributary in the Yellow River basin.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Wei River canonical 30
Wei River valley 6
Wei River basin 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
tributary ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Wei He ⓘ
Weihe River ⓘ
linked to: Wei River
basinCountry China ⓘ
basinSize approximately 135000 square kilometers ⓘ
approximately 52100 square miles ⓘ
country China ⓘ
drainageBasin Loess Plateau ⓘ
flowsDirection generally eastward ⓘ
flowsThrough Baoji ⓘ
Xi'an metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Guanzhong region

Xianyang ⓘ
linked to: Xianyang, China
hasIssue seasonal flooding ⓘ
sedimentation ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ
hasTributary Chan River ⓘ
Feng River ⓘ
Huangshui River ⓘ
Jing River ⓘ
Luo River ⓘ
Qian River ⓘ
linked to: Luo River
historicalSignificance core region of early Chinese civilization ⓘ
heartland of the Zhou dynasty ⓘ
important to Qin state development ⓘ
supported capitals near Xi'an such as Chang'an ⓘ
length approximately 508 miles ⓘ
approximately 818 km ⓘ
locatedIn Gansu Province ⓘ
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region ⓘ
Shaanxi Province ⓘ
north-central China ⓘ
majorCityOnRiver Baoji ⓘ
Xi'an ⓘ
linked to: X’ian, China

Xianyang ⓘ
linked to: Xianyang, China
mouthLocation Yellow River ⓘ
near Tongguan ⓘ
partOf Yellow River basin ⓘ
region Loess Plateau ⓘ
riverSystem Yellow River system ⓘ
linked to: Yellow River basin
sourceLocation Gansu Province ⓘ
Weiyuan County ⓘ
tributaryOf Yellow River ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
hydropower ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
navigation in some reaches ⓘ
water supply ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (41)

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

Yellow River → hasTributary → Wei River ⓘ
Xi'an → river → Wei River ⓘ
subject linked to: X’ian, China
Zhou dynasty → territoryIncludes → Wei River valley ⓘ
linked to: Wei River
Yellow River basin → hasTributaryBasin → Wei River basin ⓘ
linked to: Wei River
Wei River → alsoKnownAs → Weihe River ⓘ
linked to: Wei River
Chang'an → locatedNear → Wei River ⓘ
Xianyang → locatedOn → Wei River ⓘ
subject linked to: Xianyang, China
Xianyang → hasRiver → Wei River ⓘ
subject linked to: Xianyang, China
Baoji → locatedOnRiver → Wei River ⓘ
Zhou state → locatedIn → Wei River valley ⓘ
linked to: Wei River
Guanzhong region → centeredOn → Wei River valley ⓘ
linked to: Wei River
Guanzhong region → hasMajorRiver → Wei River ⓘ
State of Qin → majorRiver → Wei River ⓘ
subject linked to: state of Qin
Weinan → locatedOnRiver → Wei River ⓘ
Weinan → hasRiver → Wei River ⓘ
Weiyuan County → namedAfter → Wei River ⓘ
Weiyuan County → riverSystem → Wei River basin ⓘ
linked to: Wei River
Wei He → romanization → Wei River ⓘ
Chan River → tributaryOf → Wei River ⓘ
Henan–Shaanxi border region → hasRiver → Wei River (nearby influence) ⓘ
linked to: Wei River
Jing River → tributaryOf → Wei River ⓘ
Jing River → partOf → Wei River basin ⓘ
linked to: Wei River
Jing River → hasMouthIn → Wei River ⓘ
Western Zhou period → locatedIn → Wei River valley ⓘ
linked to: Wei River
Mount Li → locatedNear → Wei River ⓘ
Xi'an → river → Wei River ⓘ
Xi'an → nearRiver → Wei River ⓘ
Zhouyuan archaeological site → near → Wei River valley ⓘ
linked to: Wei River
King Cheng of Zhou → associatedCapitalRegion → Wei River valley ⓘ
linked to: Wei River
Wuzhang Plains → locatedOnRiver → Wei River ⓘ
Fufeng County → locatedNear → Wei River ⓘ
Linqing City → locatedOnRiver → Wei River ⓘ
Fenghao → locatedOn → Wei River ⓘ
Feng → locatedNear → Wei River ⓘ
Hao → locatedOn → Wei River ⓘ
Hàojīng → locatedOn → Wei River ⓘ
Xianyang → locatedNear → Wei River ⓘ