Tana River

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The Tana River is Kenya's longest river, flowing from the central highlands to the Indian Ocean and serving as a vital source of water, hydroelectric power, and irrigation.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Tana River canonical 27
Tana River Basin 3
River Tana (Kenya) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
river delta ⓘ
alternativeName River Tana (Kenya) ⓘ
linked to: Tana River
associatedEthnicGroup Orma people ⓘ
Pokomo people ⓘ
Wardey people ⓘ
basinCountry Kenya ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
drainageBasin Indian Ocean basin ⓘ
economicImportance supports agriculture in eastern Kenya ⓘ
supports fisheries ⓘ
supports livestock watering ⓘ
flowsInto Indian Ocean ⓘ
formedBy Tana River ⓘ
hasDelta Tana River Delta ⓘ
hasFloodingRisk seasonal flooding ⓘ
hasHydropowerDam Gitaru Dam ⓘ
Kamburu Dam ⓘ
Kiambere Dam ⓘ
Kindaruma Dam ⓘ
Masinga Dam ⓘ
importance key component of Kenya’s national power grid ⓘ
major freshwater source for coastal Kenya ⓘ
length approximately 1,000 kilometers ⓘ
approximately 620 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Kenya ⓘ
locatedOn Indian Ocean coast of Kenya ⓘ
longestRiverIn Kenya ⓘ
majorUse agricultural water supply ⓘ
domestic water supply ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
mouth Indian Ocean ⓘ
partOf Tana River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Tana River
passesNear Aberdare Range ⓘ
Mount Kenya region ⓘ
linked to: Kenyan highlands
passesThrough Tana River County ⓘ
region eastern Kenya ⓘ
sourceRegion Kenyan central highlands ⓘ
linked to: Kenyan highlands
supportsEcosystem floodplain habitats ⓘ
riverine forests ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
supportsWildlife crocodiles ⓘ
hippopotamuses ⓘ
various fish species ⓘ
waterManagementIssue drought vulnerability ⓘ
upstream–downstream water allocation conflicts ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (34)

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

Mount Kenya → isSourceOfRiver → Tana River ⓘ
Ateni Gorge → river → Tana River ⓘ
Ateni Gorge → partOf → Tana River valley ⓘ
linked to: Tana River
Ateni → locatedInValleyOf → Tana River ⓘ
Ateni → river → Tana River ⓘ
Thika River → partOfRiverSystem → Tana River ⓘ
Thika River → flowsInto → Tana River ⓘ
Thika River → tributaryOf → Tana River ⓘ
Thika River → hasWatershed → Tana River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Tana River
Tana River → partOf → Tana River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Tana River
Tana River Delta → formedBy → Tana River ⓘ
subject linked to: Tana River
Tana River → alternativeName → River Tana (Kenya) ⓘ
linked to: Tana River
Indian Ocean drainage basin → hasPart → Tana River basin ⓘ
linked to: Tana River
Pokomo language → spokenAlong → Tana River ⓘ
Tana River County → namedAfter → Tana River ⓘ
Tana River County → hasMajorRiver → Tana River ⓘ
Pokomo people → primaryHabitat → Tana River ⓘ
Aberdare Range → waterCatchmentFor → Tana River ⓘ
Murang'a County → hasRiver → Tana River ⓘ
Kirinyaga County → mainRiver → Tana River ⓘ
Orma people of Kenya → region → Tana River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Tana River
Murang’a County → hasMajorRiver → Tana River ⓘ
Orma people → usesRiverineAreasOf → Tana River ⓘ
Garissa → locatedOnRiver → Tana River ⓘ
Garissa County → traversedByRiver → Tana River ⓘ
Kindaruma Dam → locatedOnRiver → Tana River ⓘ
Kindaruma Dam → watercourse → Tana River ⓘ
Tana River Delta → formedBy → Tana River ⓘ
Tana River Delta → mouthOf → Tana River ⓘ
Tana River Delta → partOf → Tana River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Tana River
Pokomo → primaryRiver → Tana River ⓘ
Embu County → hasRiver → Tana River ⓘ