Copiapó River

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The Copiapó River is a watercourse in northern Chile that flows through the arid Atacama Desert, providing a crucial water source for the city of Copiapó and surrounding agricultural areas.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Copiapó River canonical 12
Copiapó River basin 5
Copiapó River system 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
administrativeRegion Atacama Region ⓘ
basinArea approximately 11,400 km² ⓘ
basinLocatedIn Atacama Region of Chile ⓘ
linked to: Atacama Region
continent South America ⓘ
country Chile ⓘ
countrySubdivision Chile ⓘ
drainageBasin Copiapó River basin ⓘ
linked to: Copiapó River
environmentalIssue aquifer depletion in Copiapó basin ⓘ
reduced flow due to intensive water use ⓘ
flowsDirection generally westward ⓘ
flowsThrough Atacama Desert ⓘ
city of Copiapó ⓘ
linked to: Copiapó
formedByConfluenceOf Jorquera River ⓘ
Pulido River ⓘ
hasCityInBasin Copiapó ⓘ
Tierra Amarilla ⓘ
hasClimateInBasin hyper-arid ⓘ
hasPortNearMouth Caldera ⓘ
hasSpanishName Río Copiapó ⓘ
hasTributary Jorquera River ⓘ
Manflas River ⓘ
Pulido River ⓘ
length approximately 162 km ⓘ
locatedIn Atacama Region ⓘ
Northern Chile ⓘ
linked to: northern Chile
locatedInDesert Atacama Desert ⓘ
majorCityOnRiver Copiapó ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
near Caldera, Chile ⓘ
nearbyEconomicActivity copper mining ⓘ
grape cultivation ⓘ
olive cultivation ⓘ
partOf Pacific slope river systems of Chile ⓘ
linked to: Chile river system
passesNear Caldera ⓘ
Tierra Amarilla ⓘ
regionType arid region ⓘ
sourceLocatedIn Andes Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Andes

confluence of Jorquera River and Pulido River ⓘ
subjectTo overexploitation of groundwater and surface water ⓘ
water scarcity ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
mining activities water supply ⓘ
urban water supply ⓘ
waterSourceFor city of Copiapó ⓘ
linked to: Copiapó

surrounding agricultural areas ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

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

Atacama Region → contains → Copiapó River ⓘ
Copiapó → locatedOnRiver → Copiapó River ⓘ
Copiapó Province → namedAfter → Copiapó River ⓘ
Copiapó River → drainageBasin → Copiapó River basin ⓘ
linked to: Copiapó River
Province of Copiapó → contains → Copiapó River ⓘ
Jorquera River → mouthOf → Copiapó River ⓘ
Jorquera River → isTributaryOf → Copiapó River ⓘ
Jorquera River → isHeadwaterTributaryOf → Copiapó River ⓘ
Jorquera River → riverSystem → Copiapó River basin ⓘ
linked to: Copiapó River
Pulido River → partOf → Copiapó River basin ⓘ
linked to: Copiapó River
Pulido River → tributaryOf → Copiapó River ⓘ
Pulido River → forms → Copiapó River ⓘ
Río Copiapó → hasNameInEnglish → Copiapó River ⓘ
Manflas River → partOf → Copiapó River basin ⓘ
linked to: Copiapó River
Manflas River → tributaryOf → Copiapó River ⓘ
Manflas River → hasMouthIn → Copiapó River ⓘ
Manflas River → drainageBasin → Copiapó River basin ⓘ
linked to: Copiapó River
Manflas River → partOfHydrologicalSystem → Copiapó River system ⓘ
linked to: Copiapó River