Chagres National Park

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Chagres National Park is a major protected rainforest area in central Panama that safeguards the watershed supplying much of the Panama Canal and Panama City’s drinking water.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chagres National Park canonical 3
Parque Nacional Chagres 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national park
protected area
rainforest
borders Portobelo National Park
Soberanía National Park
conservationPurpose biodiversity conservation
protection of Panama Canal operations
watershed protection
continent North America
country Panama
ecosystemType cloud forest
tropical rainforest
established 1985
governingBody Ministry of Environment of Panama
hasActivity birdwatching
ecotourism
hiking
river rafting
hasBiodiversity high
hasClimate tropical humid climate
hasFauna Baird's tapir
harpy eagle
howler monkey
jaguar
hasFeature Alajuela Lake watershed
linked to: Alajuela Lake

Gatun Lake watershed
linked to: Gatun Lake
hasFlora montane forest species
tropical lowland forest species
hasImportance key water source for Panama City
strategic for Panama Canal functioning
hasLandCover primary forest
secondary forest
hasOfficialNameInSpanish Parque Nacional Chagres
hasRiver Boquerón River
Chagres River
Pequeñí River NERFINISHED
IUCNCategory II
languageUsed Spanish
locatedIn Colón Province
Panama Province
linked to: Panamá Province

central Panama
namedAfter Chagres River
nearCity Panama City
partOf Panama Canal watershed
protects Chagres River watershed
linked to: Chagres River

Panama Canal water supply
Panama City drinking water supply
region Isthmus of Panama

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Panamá Province hasNotableProtectedArea Chagres National Park
Chagres River passesThrough Chagres National Park
Chagres River protectedBy Chagres National Park
Chagres National Park hasOfficialNameInSpanish Parque Nacional Chagres
linked to: Chagres National Park