Pilcomayo River

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The Pilcomayo River is a major South American river that flows from the Andes through Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina before joining the Paraná River.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pilcomayo River canonical 7
Río Pilcomayo 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
transboundary river
basinCountry Argentina
Bolivia
Paraguay
borderBetween Argentina
Bolivia
Paraguay
borderFormsBetween Argentina and Paraguay
Bolivia and Paraguay
continent South America
country Argentina
Bolivia
Paraguay
crossesEcoregion Dry Chaco
Humid Chaco
linked to: Gran Chaco
drainageBasinTo Atlantic Ocean via Río de la Plata
flowsInto Paraguay River region near its confluence with the Paraná River
flowsThrough Gran Chaco
hasAlternateName Pilcomayu (historic or variant spelling)
hasEcologicalIssue channel shifting
flooding
habitat degradation
sedimentation
hasFisheryType artisanal fishery
hasFishSpecies Prochilodus lineatus
hasFloodplain Gran Chaco floodplain
linked to: Gran Chaco
hasProtectedArea Ramsar sites along its course
hasUse fishing
irrigation
livestock watering
knownFor frequent course changes
high sediment load
languageOfName Spanish
majorCityOnRiver Asunción region
Clorinda
Formosa
Villamontes
mouth Paraná River
nameInSpanish Río Pilcomayo
linked to: Pilcomayo River
partOfDrainageBasin Río de la Plata Basin
linked to: La Plata Basin
region Chaco region
linked to: Chaco
sourceLocation Andes
tributaryOf Paraná River

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Paraná River majorTributary Pilcomayo River
Paraguay River tributary Pilcomayo River
Northern Argentina hasRiver Pilcomayo River
subject linked to: northern Argentina
La Plata Basin majorRiver Pilcomayo River
Pilcomayo River nameInSpanish Río Pilcomayo
linked to: Pilcomayo River
Gran Chaco majorRiver Pilcomayo River
River Plate Basin Treaty appliesTo Pilcomayo River
Tarija Department hasRiver Pilcomayo River