Assi River

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The Assi River is a small river in Varanasi, India, that meets the Ganges near Assi Ghat and gives the famous ghat its name.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Assi River canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (28)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWith Assi Ghat ⓘ
city Varanasi ⓘ
confluenceNear Assi Ghat ⓘ
country India ⓘ
countrySubdivision Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
drainageBasin Ganges Basin ⓘ
environmentalIssue pollution ⓘ
sewage discharge ⓘ
etymologyRelatedTo Assi Ghat ⓘ
flowsInto Ganges ⓘ
flowsThrough southern Varanasi ⓘ
givesNameTo Assi Ghat ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Hindus ⓘ
hasStatus small seasonal river ⓘ
hasType tributary of the Ganges ⓘ
knownAs Assi Nala ⓘ
locatedIn Northern India ⓘ
linked to: northern India

Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
Varanasi ⓘ
locatedNear Sangam of Assi and Ganges at Assi Ghat ⓘ
linked to: Assi Ghat
mouthLocation Ganges at Assi Ghat ⓘ
linked to: Assi Ghat
near southern end of old Varanasi city ⓘ
partOf Ganges river system ⓘ
region Purvanchal ⓘ
religiousContext part of sacred geography of Varanasi ⓘ
state Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
urbanContext flows through urban Varanasi ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Kashi → locatedBetweenRivers → Assi River ⓘ
Assi Ghat → isConfluenceOf → Assi River ⓘ
Varanasi district → hasRiver → Assi River ⓘ
Assi Nala → alsoKnownAs → Assi River ⓘ