Río Fuerte–Mayo–Yaqui system

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The Río Fuerte–Mayo–Yaqui system is a network of major rivers in northwestern Mexico that drains the Sierra Madre Occidental and supports extensive irrigation and agriculture before emptying into the Gulf of California.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin ⓘ
river system ⓘ
basinCountry Mexico ⓘ
climateZone semi-arid ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
drainageDirection westward ⓘ
drainageType exorheic ⓘ
drains Sierra Madre Occidental ⓘ
emptiesInto Gulf of California ⓘ
environmentalIssue altered flow regime due to dams ⓘ
water over-extraction for irrigation ⓘ
flowsThrough Sierra Madre Occidental foothills ⓘ
coastal plain of northwestern Mexico ⓘ
hasPart Río Fuerte ⓘ
linked to: Rio Fuerte

Río Mayo ⓘ
Río Yaqui ⓘ
importance major irrigation source in northwestern Mexico ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern Mexico ⓘ
mouthRegion eastern Gulf of California coast ⓘ
partOf Gulf of California watershed ⓘ
linked to: Gulf of California
regionServed Sinaloa ⓘ
Sonora ⓘ
supports agriculture ⓘ
fisheries in the Gulf of California ⓘ
irrigated cash crops ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
livestock production ⓘ
usedFor hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
industrial water supply ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Gulf of California → hasInflow → Río Fuerte–Mayo–Yaqui system ⓘ
Río Sonora → partOf → Sonoran river system ⓘ
linked to: Río Fuerte–Mayo–Yaqui system
Batopilas River → partOf → Sierra Madre Occidental river system ⓘ
linked to: Río Fuerte–Mayo–Yaqui system