Kwanza River

E411991

The Kwanza River is one of Angola’s longest and most important rivers, historically vital for transport, agriculture, and hydroelectric power in the country.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Cuanza River 8
Kwanza River canonical 1
Kwanza River basin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Coanza River ⓘ
Cuanza River ⓘ
linked to: Kwanza River

Quanza River ⓘ
basinCountry Angola ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Angola ⓘ
drainageBasin Atlantic Ocean basin ⓘ
ecologicalSignificance supports diverse freshwater ecosystems ⓘ
economicSignificance major source of hydroelectric energy in Angola ⓘ
supports irrigation schemes ⓘ
estuaryLocation south of Luanda ⓘ
flowsDirection generally northwesterly ⓘ
flowsInto Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
flowsThrough Bengo Province ⓘ
Cuanza Norte Province ⓘ
Cuanza Sul Province ⓘ
Luanda Province ⓘ
Malanje Province ⓘ
hasBridge Kwanza River Bridge near Luanda ⓘ
hasEstuary Kwanza River estuary ⓘ
hasHydroelectricDam Cambambe Dam ⓘ
Capanda Dam ⓘ
Lauca Dam ⓘ
hasRapids middle course rapids and falls ⓘ
hasTributary Cuquema River ⓘ
Cutato River ⓘ
Lucala River ⓘ
hasWatershed Kwanza River basin ⓘ
linked to: Kwanza River
historicalUse navigation route during colonial period ⓘ
trade route in Angola ⓘ
importance major river of Angola ⓘ
one of the longest rivers in Angola ⓘ
influencedNameOf Angolan currency kwanza ⓘ
length approximately 600 miles ⓘ
approximately 960 km ⓘ
locatedIn Angola ⓘ
mouth Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
namedAfter Angolan currency kwanza ⓘ
navigableSection lower course near the mouth ⓘ
passesNear Luanda ⓘ
region west-central Angola ⓘ
linked to: western Angola
sourceLocation Bié Plateau ⓘ
sourceRegion central Angola ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hydroelectric power ⓘ
transport ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Angolan kwanza → namedAfter → Kwanza River ⓘ
Cuanza Norte Province → namedAfter → Cuanza River ⓘ
linked to: Kwanza River
Cuanza Norte Province → river → Cuanza River ⓘ
linked to: Kwanza River
Cuanza Sul Province → namedAfter → Cuanza River ⓘ
linked to: Kwanza River
Cuanza Sul Province → hasRiver → Cuanza River ⓘ
linked to: Kwanza River
Ambundu people → associatedRiver → Cuanza River ⓘ
linked to: Kwanza River
Kwanza River → alsoKnownAs → Cuanza River ⓘ
linked to: Kwanza River
Kwanza River → hasWatershed → Kwanza River basin ⓘ
linked to: Kwanza River
Bié Plateau → riverSource → Cuanza River ⓘ
linked to: Kwanza River
Northern Angola → containsRiver → Cuanza River ⓘ
subject linked to: northern Angola
linked to: Kwanza River