Río Grande de Loíza

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Río Grande de Loíza is one of Puerto Rico’s largest and most historically significant rivers, flowing through the island’s northeast, including the municipality of Carolina.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Río Grande de Loíza canonical 14
Río Grande de Loíza basin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWithMunicipality Caguas, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Carolina, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Loíza, Puerto Rico ⓘ
basinCountry Puerto Rico ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Puerto Rico ⓘ
crossesMunicipality Caguas, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Canóvanas, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Carolina, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Gurabo, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Loíza, Puerto Rico ⓘ
San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico ⓘ
linked to: Trujillo Alto
drainageBasinArea approximately 210 square miles ⓘ
approximately 543 square kilometers ⓘ
flowsThrough Caguas, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Canóvanas, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Carolina, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Loíza, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico ⓘ
linked to: Trujillo Alto
hasDam Carraízo Dam ⓘ
hasEconomicImportance water resource for San Juan metropolitan area ⓘ
hasEnglishName Loíza River ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue flood risk ⓘ
sedimentation at Carraízo reservoir ⓘ
hasTributary Río Bairoa ⓘ
Río Cagüitas ⓘ
Río Gurabo ⓘ
Río Valenciano ⓘ
hasWatershed Río Grande de Loíza watershed ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
length approximately 40 miles ⓘ
approximately 65 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern Puerto Rico ⓘ
locatedOnIsland Island of Puerto Rico ⓘ
linked to: Puerto Rico
mouthLocation Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Loíza, Puerto Rico ⓘ
notableFor being one of the longest rivers in Puerto Rico ⓘ
flooding events affecting surrounding municipalities ⓘ
historical significance in Puerto Rican development ⓘ
partOf Loíza River basin ⓘ
linked to: Loíza River
region Caribbean ⓘ
sourceLocation San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Sierra de Cayey ⓘ
usedFor drinking water supply ⓘ
flood control ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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

Carolina, Puerto Rico → hasRiver → Río Grande de Loíza ⓘ
Carolina → hasRiver → Río Grande de Loíza ⓘ
Carraízo Reservoir → locatedOnRiver → Río Grande de Loíza ⓘ
subject linked to: Carraízo reservoir
Carraízo Reservoir → locatedInHydrologicalBasin → Río Grande de Loíza basin ⓘ
subject linked to: Carraízo reservoir
linked to: Río Grande de Loíza
Gurabo, Puerto Rico → hasRiver → Río Grande de Loíza ⓘ
Cordillera Central → sourceOfRiver → Río Grande de Loíza ⓘ
Loíza River → alsoKnownAs → Río Grande de Loíza ⓘ
Embalse Carraízo → locatedOnRiver → Río Grande de Loíza ⓘ
Embalse Carraízo → hasPrimaryInflow → Río Grande de Loíza ⓘ
Embalse Carraízo → hasPrimaryOutflow → Río Grande de Loíza ⓘ
Loíza, Puerto Rico → hasRiver → Río Grande de Loíza ⓘ
Río Valenciano → tributaryOf → Río Grande de Loíza ⓘ
Río Valenciano → mouthLocatedIn → Río Grande de Loíza ⓘ
San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico → hasRiver → Río Grande de Loíza ⓘ
Río Grande, Puerto Rico → hasRiver → Río Grande de Loíza ⓘ