Pech River

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The Pech River is a significant river in eastern Afghanistan that flows through rugged mountainous terrain and has been a strategic and contested area during recent conflicts.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pech River canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWithConflict Taliban insurgency ⓘ
al-Qaeda presence in eastern Afghanistan ⓘ
insurgency in Kunar Province ⓘ
basinCountry Afghanistan ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
environmentType mountain river ⓘ
flowsDirection generally southward to the Kunar River ⓘ
flowsThrough Pech Valley ⓘ
rugged mountainous terrain ⓘ
hasFeature fast-flowing waters ⓘ
narrow valley ⓘ
steep surrounding mountains ⓘ
hasStrategicSignificanceFor Afghan National Security Forces ⓘ
NATO forces ⓘ
linked to: NATO land forces

United States military ⓘ
importance local agriculture and irrigation ⓘ
local transportation corridor ⓘ
knownFor contested area during the War in Afghanistan ⓘ
strategic military importance ⓘ
locatedIn Hindu Kush mountains ⓘ
linked to: Hindu Kush

Kunar Province ⓘ
Pech District ⓘ
eastern Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Afghanistan
near Chapa Dara area ⓘ
Korengal Valley ⓘ
Waygal Valley ⓘ
linked to: Waigal Valley
partOf Hindu Kush region ⓘ
linked to: Hindu Kush

Kunar River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Kunar River
region Eastern Afghanistan river system ⓘ
tributaryOf Kunar River ⓘ
usedAs supply route during military operations ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Nuristan Province → hasRiver → Pech River ⓘ
Peche Valley → river → Pech River ⓘ
Pech Valley → drainedBy → Pech River ⓘ
Chapa Dara area → locatedAlong → Pech River ⓘ
Chapa Dara area → river → Pech River ⓘ
Pech District → traversedBy → Pech River ⓘ
Pech District → locatedOn → Pech River ⓘ