Aruwimi River

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The Aruwimi River is a significant river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known for flowing through dense equatorial rainforest and contributing substantially to the Congo River basin.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Aruwimi River canonical 10
Ruki River 1
Rutshuru River 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
dischargeLocation Congo River at Basoko ⓘ
drainageBasin Congo River system ⓘ
linked to: Congo River
drains Ituri Forest ⓘ
linked to: Ituri Rainforest
ecosystem tropical rainforest ⓘ
environmentalConcern biodiversity loss risk ⓘ
deforestation in surrounding rainforest ⓘ
flowsDirection generally westward ⓘ
flowsThrough Ituri Province ⓘ
Tshopo Province ⓘ
equatorial rainforest ⓘ
hasLeftTributary Lindi River ⓘ
Nepoko River ⓘ
hasRightTributary Ituri River ⓘ
hasSettlementOnBank Basoko ⓘ
Bomili ⓘ
Buta ⓘ
historicalEvent route of Emin Pasha Relief Expedition ⓘ
historicallyExploredBy Henry Morton Stanley ⓘ
knownFor dense equatorial rainforest along its course ⓘ
navigability in lower reaches ⓘ
rapids and cataracts in upper reaches ⓘ
languageVariantName Aruimi ⓘ
Lualaba-Aruwimi ⓘ
linked to: Lualaba River
length approximately 1287 kilometers ⓘ
approximately 800 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Cuvette Centrale region of the Congo Basin ⓘ
central Africa ⓘ
majorTributary Ituri River ⓘ
mouth Congo River ⓘ
mouthLocation near Basoko ⓘ
partOf Congo River basin ⓘ
linked to: Congo River

Ituri Rainforest hydrological network ⓘ
region Congo Basin ⓘ
linked to: Congo Rainforest
sourceRegion Ituri Rainforest ⓘ
supports biodiversity-rich aquatic habitats ⓘ
tributaryOf Congo River ⓘ
uses local river transport ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
watercourseType blackwater river ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

Congo River → majorTributary → Ruki River ⓘ
linked to: Aruwimi River
Congo River → majorTributary → Aruwimi River ⓘ
Lake Edward → inflow → Rutshuru River ⓘ
linked to: Aruwimi River
Ituri River → tributaryOf → Aruwimi River ⓘ
Ituri River → mouthLocatedIn → Aruwimi River ⓘ
Congo River at Basoko → confluenceWith → Aruwimi River ⓘ
Aruimi → alternativeNameOf → Aruwimi River ⓘ
Basoko → locatedOnRiver → Aruwimi River ⓘ
Basoko → locatedAtConfluenceOf → Aruwimi River ⓘ
Bomili → locatedOnRiver → Aruwimi River ⓘ
Buta → hasRiverNearby → Aruwimi River ⓘ