Chaco

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geographical region lowland region

Chaco is a vast, sparsely populated lowland region in central South America, known for its hot, semi-arid climate, dry forests, and rich biodiversity spanning parts of Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Brazil.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Chaco region 10
Chaco Boreal 6
Chaco canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
lowland region ⓘ
borderedBy Andes foothills ⓘ
linked to: Andes Mountains foothills

Pantanal region ⓘ
linked to: Pantanal

Paraná River basin ⓘ
linked to: Paraná–Paraguay Basin
climateFeature high summer temperatures ⓘ
marked dry season ⓘ
variable rainfall ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
environmentalIssue deforestation ⓘ
habitat fragmentation ⓘ
land degradation ⓘ
extendsIntoRegion northern Argentina ⓘ
southeastern Bolivia ⓘ
southwestern Brazil ⓘ
western Paraguay ⓘ
hasBiodiversity rich ⓘ
hasBiome dry forest ⓘ
savanna ⓘ
thorn scrub ⓘ
hasCharacteristic lowland ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
vast ⓘ
hasClimate hot ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
hasEcosystemType seasonally flooded grasslands ⓘ
xeric shrublands ⓘ
hasFauna armadillos ⓘ
giant anteater ⓘ
howler monkeys ⓘ
jaguar ⓘ
maned wolf ⓘ
rheas ⓘ
hasFlora cacti ⓘ
quebracho trees ⓘ
thorny shrubs ⓘ
hasSubregion Argentine Chaco ⓘ
linked to: Gran Chaco

Bolivian Chaco ⓘ
linked to: Gran Chaco

Paraguayan Chaco ⓘ
linked to: Gran Chaco
humanActivity extensive cattle ranching ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
inhabitedBy indigenous peoples ⓘ
knownFor biodiversity ⓘ
dry forests ⓘ
extreme heat ⓘ
seasonal droughts ⓘ
locatedIn Argentina ⓘ
Bolivia ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Paraguay ⓘ
partOf Gran Chaco ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (30)

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

Neotropical realm → includesRegion → Chaco ⓘ
La Plata Basin → containsEcosystem → Chaco region ⓘ
linked to: Chaco
Pilcomayo River → region → Chaco region ⓘ
linked to: Chaco
Gran Chaco → subregion → Chaco Seco ⓘ
linked to: Chaco
Gran Chaco → subregion → Chaco Húmedo ⓘ
linked to: Chaco
Ava Guaraní → region → Chaco Boreal ⓘ
linked to: Chaco
Bahía Negra → locatedIn → Chaco region ⓘ
linked to: Chaco
Andean foreland → hasPart → Chaco Basin ⓘ
linked to: Chaco
Chaco Province → shortName → Chaco ⓘ
Chiriguano (Ava Guarani) → culturalRegion → Chaco region ⓘ
linked to: Chaco
Andean back-arc basins → include → Chaco Basin ⓘ
linked to: Chaco
Chaco War → theatre → Chaco Boreal ⓘ
linked to: Chaco
Salado del Norte River → drainageBasinFeature → Chaco region ⓘ
linked to: Chaco
Villamontes → locatedInGeographicalFeature → Chaco plain ⓘ
linked to: Chaco
Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco National Park → biome → Chaco ⓘ
Western Paraguay → contains → Chaco Boreal ⓘ
subject linked to: western Paraguay
linked to: Chaco
Defensores del Chaco National Park → region → Chaco Boreal ⓘ
linked to: Chaco
National Route 81 (Argentina) → crossesRegion → Chaco region ⓘ
linked to: Chaco
Santa Cruz region → terrain → Chaco plain ⓘ
linked to: Chaco
Río Negro National Park → ecosystem → Chaco ⓘ
Phyllostylon rhamnoides → biome → Chaco region ⓘ
subject linked to: palo blanco (Phyllostylon rhamnoides)
linked to: Chaco
Argentina and Bolivia → shareEcosystem → Chaco region ⓘ
linked to: Chaco
eastern Bolivia → containsPlain → Chaco plain ⓘ
linked to: Chaco
Chiquitos region → near → Chaco region ⓘ
linked to: Chaco
Gran Chaco Province → partOfRegion → Chaco region ⓘ
linked to: Chaco
Paraná–Paraguay Basin → hasPart → Chaco plain ⓘ
linked to: Chaco
Tapieté people → region → Chaco Boreal ⓘ
linked to: Chaco
Tapieté people → affectedBy → Chaco colonization ⓘ
linked to: Chaco
Sierra de las Quijadas National Park → ecosystem → Chaco transition zone ⓘ
linked to: Chaco
Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Boundaries (1938) → appliesToTerritory → Chaco Boreal ⓘ
linked to: Chaco