Amazon River

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The Amazon River is one of the world's longest and largest rivers by discharge, flowing across northern South America through the Amazon rainforest and into the Atlantic Ocean.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Amazon River canonical 73
Amazon River system 19
Amazon River at Santarém 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
river
basin Amazon Basin
basinCountry Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
Ecuador
French Guiana
Guyana
linked to: British Guiana

Peru
Suriname
Venezuela
biome Amazon rainforest
cityOnRiver Belém
linked to: Manaus

Iquitos
Manaus
Santarém
continent South America
country Brazil
Colombia
Peru
dischargeRank largest river by discharge in the world
drainageAreaRank largest river basin in the world
ecosystem tropical rainforest
emptiesInto Atlantic Ocean
flowsDirection generally west-to-east
flowsThrough Amazon rainforest
hasDelta Amazon River delta
linked to: Amazon River mouth
knownFor high biodiversity
massive freshwater discharge
lengthRank one of the longest rivers in the world
locatedIn Northern South America
linked to: Guianas
majorTributary Japurá River
Juruá River
linked to: Japurá River

Madeira River
Marañón River
Purus River
Rio Negro
Tapajós River
Ucayali River
Xingu River
mouth Atlantic Ocean
partOf global hydrological cycle
region Amazonia
linked to: Amazon Basin
sourceCountry Peru
sourceLocation Arequipa Region
Ucayali–Marañón confluence
sourceRegion Andes Mountains
linked to: Andes
waterType freshwater

How these facts were elicited

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

South America hasMajorRiver Amazon River
Amazon River mouth partOf Amazon River
Latin America hasRiver Amazon River
Amazon rainforest hasRiver Amazon River
Amazon rainforest traversedBy Amazon River
Orinoco River connectedTo Amazon River
Napo River mouth Amazon River
Napo River flowsInto Amazon River
Napo River partOf Amazon River system
linked to: Amazon River
Western Hemisphere contains Amazon River
Americas hasMajorRiver Amazon River
Brazil contains Amazon River
Iquitos locatedOnRiver Amazon River
Loreto Region traversedByRiver Amazon River
subject linked to: Loreto Region of Peru
Amazon Basin drainedBy Amazon River
Amazon Basin hasPart Amazon River
Amazon Basin drainageAreaOf Amazon River system
linked to: Amazon River
Aguarico River riverSystem Amazon River system
linked to: Amazon River
America contains Amazon River
Carl von Martius traveledAlong Amazon River
Manaus nearConfluenceWith Amazon River
Santarém locatedOnRiver Amazon River
Ucayali–Marañón confluence riverSystem Amazon River system
linked to: Amazon River
Rio Negro mouthOf Amazon River
Rio Negro tributaryOf Amazon River
Purus River mouthOf Amazon River
Purus River tributaryOf Amazon River
Purus River partOf Amazon River system
linked to: Amazon River
Madeira River mouth Amazon River
Tapajós River mouthOf Amazon River
Tapajós River tributaryOf Amazon River
Tapajós River confluenceWith Amazon River at Santarém
linked to: Amazon River
Xingu River mouthOf Amazon River
Xingu River tributaryOf Amazon River
Japurá River flowsInto Amazon River
Japurá River partOf Amazon River system
linked to: Amazon River
Japurá River tributaryOf Amazon River
Ucayali River formsHeadwatersOf Amazon River
Ucayali River mouth Amazon River
Ucayali River tributaryOf Amazon River
Ucayali River riverSystem Amazon River system
linked to: Amazon River
Peruvian Amazon hasMajorRiver Amazon River
Belén Market nearWaterbody Amazon River
Malecón Tarapacá riverfront locatedOnWaterbody Amazon River
subject linked to: Malecon Tarapacá riverfront
Malecón Tarapacá riverfront hasViewOf Amazon River
subject linked to: Malecon Tarapacá riverfront
Marañón River mouth Amazon River