Rio Negro

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Rio Negro is a major blackwater river in South America that flows through Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil before joining the Amazon River.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Rio Negro canonical 35
Upper Rio Negro 2
Rio Negro (Amazonas) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf blackwater river ⓘ
river ⓘ
basinCountry Brazil ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
biome Amazon rainforest ⓘ
borderFunction forms part of the border between Colombia and Venezuela ⓘ
forms part of the border between Venezuela and Brazil ⓘ
confluenceCountry Brazil ⓘ
confluenceLocation Manaus ⓘ
connectedTo Orinoco River via Casiquiare canal ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
drainageBasin Amazon River basin ⓘ
linked to: Amazon Basin
ecologicalCharacteristic supports high aquatic biodiversity adapted to blackwater conditions ⓘ
etymology named for its dark-colored waters ⓘ
flowsThroughCity Barcelos ⓘ
linked to: Braga

Manaus ⓘ
Santa Isabel do Rio Negro ⓘ
São Gabriel da Cachoeira ⓘ
flowsThroughDepartment Guainía Department ⓘ
Vaupés Department ⓘ
flowsThroughState Amazonas (Brazilian state) ⓘ
linked to: Amazonas

Amazonas (Venezuelan state) ⓘ
Roraima ⓘ
lengthApproxKm about 2250 ⓘ
localName Rio Negro ⓘ
Río Negro ⓘ
localNameLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
majorTributary Branco River ⓘ
Casiquiare canal ⓘ
mouthOf Amazon River ⓘ
notableFeature meets the Amazon River in the Encontro das Águas (Meeting of the Waters) ⓘ
one of the largest blackwater rivers in the world ⓘ
riverSystem Amazon Basin ⓘ
salinity freshwater ⓘ
sourceCountry Colombia ⓘ
sourceRegion Colombian Andes ⓘ
tributaryOf Amazon River ⓘ
waterColor dark ⓘ
waterType acidic ⓘ
high in dissolved organic matter ⓘ
low in suspended sediments ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (40)

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

Amazon River → majorTributary → Rio Negro ⓘ
Casiquiare canal → connectsRiver → Rio Negro ⓘ
Casiquiare canal → flowsInto → Rio Negro ⓘ
Casiquiare canal → mouthLocation → Rio Negro ⓘ
Manaus → locatedOnRiver → Rio Negro ⓘ
Guiana Shield → majorRiver → Rio Negro ⓘ
Rio Negro → localName → Rio Negro ⓘ
Warekena language → isSpokenAlong → Rio Negro ⓘ
Baniwa language → spokenAlong → Rio Negro ⓘ
Negro River basin → drainedBy → Rio Negro ⓘ
Guainía River → contributesTo → Rio Negro ⓘ
Guainía River → tributaryOf → Rio Negro ⓘ
Amazonas → traversedBy → Rio Negro ⓘ
Guiana Highlands → sourceOfRiver → Rio Negro ⓘ
Amazonas (Brazilian state) → contains → Rio Negro (Amazonas) ⓘ
subject linked to: Amazonas state
linked to: Rio Negro
Branco River → tributaryOf → Rio Negro ⓘ
Branco River → mouthLocation → Rio Negro ⓘ
Branco River → flowsInto → Rio Negro ⓘ
Santa Isabel do Rio Negro → hasPrimaryAccessRoute → Rio Negro waterway ⓘ
linked to: Rio Negro
Warekena → region → upper Rio Negro ⓘ
linked to: Rio Negro
Guarequena → isSpokenAlong → Rio Negro ⓘ
Xié River → tributaryOf → Rio Negro ⓘ
Xié River → mouthLocation → Rio Negro ⓘ
Tariano → isSpokenAlong → Rio Negro ⓘ
Warekena people → region → Upper Rio Negro ⓘ
linked to: Rio Negro
Kurripako-Baniwa → spokenInRegion → Upper Rio Negro ⓘ
linked to: Rio Negro
Vaupés River → tributaryOf → Rio Negro ⓘ
Vaupés River → mouth → Rio Negro ⓘ
Útica → hasRiver → Rio Negro ⓘ
Rio Branco → mouthRiver → Rio Negro ⓘ
Rio Branco → tributaryOf → Rio Negro ⓘ
Solimões River → confluenceWith → Rio Negro ⓘ