Doce River

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The Doce River is a significant waterway in southeastern Brazil known for its ecological importance and for being the site of one of the country’s worst environmental disasters following a 2015 mining dam collapse.

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Label Occurrences
Doce River canonical 7

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
affectedBy Fundão dam collapse ⓘ
Samarco mining disaster ⓘ
associatedWithCompany BHP Billiton ⓘ
linked to: BHP Group

Samarco ⓘ
Vale S.A. ⓘ
basinArea approximately 83,400 square kilometers ⓘ
basinCountry Brazil ⓘ
basinRegion Espírito Santo ⓘ
Minas Gerais ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
dateOfEvent 2015-11-05 (Fundão dam collapse) ⓘ
environmentalImpact destruction of riparian habitats ⓘ
fish mortality ⓘ
long-term sediment pollution ⓘ
massive release of mining tailings ⓘ
water contamination ⓘ
flowsNear Colatina ⓘ
Governador Valadares ⓘ
Linhares ⓘ
flowsThrough Espírito Santo ⓘ
Minas Gerais ⓘ
hasPortugueseName Rio Doce ⓘ
hasSourceIn Minas Gerais ⓘ
hasWatershedCode Doce River basin (Brazilian national classification) ⓘ
knownFor 2015 mining dam disaster ⓘ
ecological importance ⓘ
length approximately 853 km ⓘ
locatedIn Espírito Santo ⓘ
Minas Gerais ⓘ
southeastern Brazil ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Espírito Santo coast ⓘ
nameMeaning Sweet River ⓘ
partOf Doce River basin ⓘ
region Southeast Region of Brazil ⓘ
supports freshwater ecosystems ⓘ
riparian forests ⓘ
tributary Carmo River (Minas Gerais) ⓘ
Guandu River (Espírito Santo) ⓘ
Manhuaçu River ⓘ
Piracicaba River (Minas Gerais) ⓘ
Suaçuí Grande River ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
navigation in some stretches ⓘ
water supply ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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

Colatina → locatedOnRiver → Doce River ⓘ
Linhares → hasBodyOfWater → Doce River ⓘ
Baixo Guandu → locatedOnRiver → Doce River ⓘ
Baixo Guandu → hasRiver → Doce River ⓘ