Sigatoka River

E351305

The Sigatoka River is a major river on Fiji’s main island of Viti Levu, known for its fertile valley and significance to local agriculture and settlements.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sigatoka River canonical 3
Sigatoka Valley 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinLocatedOn Viti Levu ⓘ
climateZone tropical maritime climate ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Fiji ⓘ
drainageBasinCountry Fiji ⓘ
flowsInto South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
flowsThrough Sigatoka Valley ⓘ
linked to: Sigatoka River
hasEconomicImportance local agriculture ⓘ
rural livelihoods ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEcosystemType tropical river ecosystem ⓘ
hasGeomorphologicalFeature broad alluvial valley ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance development of agriculture on Viti Levu ⓘ
traditional Fijian settlements ⓘ
hasMouthPosition south coast of Viti Levu ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Sigatoka ⓘ
villages in Sigatoka Valley ⓘ
hasSedimentTypeAtMouth sand dunes ⓘ
hasSourcePosition interior highlands of Viti Levu ⓘ
hasTourismActivity jet boat tours ⓘ
river safaris ⓘ
hasValleyName Sigatoka Valley ⓘ
linked to: Sigatoka River
knownFor agricultural production ⓘ
fertile river valley ⓘ
supporting local settlements ⓘ
languageOfToponym Fijian ⓘ
length approximately 120 kilometres ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Ba Province ⓘ
Nadroga-Navosa Province ⓘ
Naitasiri Province ⓘ
locatedOnIsland Viti Levu ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Sigatoka ⓘ
South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
near Sigatoka Sand Dunes ⓘ
partOf river systems of Viti Levu ⓘ
supports freshwater fish species ⓘ
local fisheries ⓘ
riparian vegetation ⓘ
usedFor irrigation ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
transport by small boats ⓘ
valleyNicknamed Fiji’s Salad Bowl ⓘ
valleyUsedFor root crop farming ⓘ
taro cultivation ⓘ
vegetable farming ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Viti Levu → hasMajorRiver → Sigatoka River ⓘ
Sigatoka → river → Sigatoka River ⓘ
Sigatoka River → flowsThrough → Sigatoka Valley ⓘ
linked to: Sigatoka River
Sigatoka River → hasValleyName → Sigatoka Valley ⓘ
linked to: Sigatoka River
Western Division, Fiji → containsRiver → Sigatoka River ⓘ