Artibonite River

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The Artibonite River is the longest and most significant river on the island of Hispaniola, flowing through both Haiti and the Dominican Republic and serving as a vital source of water, irrigation, and hydroelectric power.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Artibonite River canonical 17
Artibonite River valley 4
Artibonite River basin 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international river ⓘ
river ⓘ
basinCountry Dominican Republic ⓘ
Haiti ⓘ
borderFunction forms part of the Haiti–Dominican Republic border in some stretches ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Dominican Republic ⓘ
Haiti ⓘ
drainageBasin Artibonite Valley ⓘ
environmentalIssue sedimentation ⓘ
vulnerability to flooding ⓘ
waterborne disease risk ⓘ
flowsInto Caribbean Sea ⓘ
flowsThrough Artibonite Department ⓘ
geopoliticalSignificance shared water resource between Haiti and the Dominican Republic ⓘ
hasDam Peligre Dam ⓘ
hasEconomicRole agricultural production in Haiti ⓘ
electricity generation in Haiti ⓘ
hasTributaryRole collects waters from central Hispaniola highlands ⓘ
hydroelectricPlant Peligre hydroelectric plant ⓘ
importance most significant river on Hispaniola ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
Haitian Creole ⓘ
length approximately 200 miles ⓘ
approximately 320 kilometers ⓘ
locatedOn island of Hispaniola ⓘ
linked to: Hispaniola
longestRiverOf Haiti ⓘ
Hispaniola ⓘ
majorUse domestic water supply ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
mouthCountry Haiti ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Gulf of Gonâve ⓘ
mouthNear city of Gonaïves ⓘ
linked to: Gonaïves
namedAfter Artibonite Department ⓘ
nameInFrench Artibonite ⓘ
linked to: Artibonite River
nameInHaitianCreole Latibonit ⓘ
partOf Caribbean region ⓘ
linked to: Caribbean
region Greater Antilles ⓘ
regionType tropical river system ⓘ
sourceCountry Dominican Republic ⓘ
sourceRegion Cordillera Central ⓘ
supports rice cultivation in Artibonite Valley ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

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

Hispaniola → hasMajorRiver → Artibonite River ⓘ
Artibonite River → nameInFrench → Artibonite ⓘ
linked to: Artibonite River
Artibonite Department → namedAfter → Artibonite River ⓘ
Artibonite Department → contains → Artibonite River valley ⓘ
linked to: Artibonite River
Artibonite Department → hasAgriculturalRegion → Artibonite River valley ⓘ
linked to: Artibonite River
Artibonite Department → hasRiver → Artibonite River ⓘ
Artibonite Department → partOfRegion → Artibonite River basin ⓘ
linked to: Artibonite River
Artibonite Department → hasImportantValley → Artibonite River valley ⓘ
linked to: Artibonite River
Centre Department → traversedByRiver → Artibonite River ⓘ
Mirebalais → locatedOn → Artibonite River ⓘ
Cange → locatedNear → Artibonite River ⓘ
Peligre hydroelectric plant → affects → Artibonite River valley ⓘ
linked to: Artibonite River
Latibonit → hasNameInEnglish → Artibonite River ⓘ
Peligre Dam → locatedOnRiver → Artibonite River ⓘ
Peligre Dam → watercourse → Artibonite River ⓘ
Lac de Péligre → locatedOnRiver → Artibonite River ⓘ
Lac de Péligre → watercourse → Artibonite River ⓘ
Lac de Péligre → partOf → Artibonite River basin ⓘ
linked to: Artibonite River
Lac de Péligre → inflow → Artibonite River ⓘ
Lac de Péligre → outflow → Artibonite River ⓘ
Lac de Péligre → formedByDamming → Artibonite River at Péligre ⓘ
linked to: Artibonite River