Kerio River

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The Kerio River is a major river in Kenya that drains the western highlands and flows northward through the Kerio Valley before emptying into Lake Turkana.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kerio River canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
basinCountry Kenya ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
drainagePattern inland drainage to Lake Turkana ⓘ
drains western highlands of Kenya ⓘ
emptiesInto Lake Turkana ⓘ
flowDirection northward ⓘ
flowsNear Baringo County ⓘ
Elgeyo-Marakwet County ⓘ
Turkana County ⓘ
flowsThrough Kerio Valley ⓘ
hasCatchmentArea western escarpment of the Great Rift Valley in Kenya ⓘ
hasEcologicalRole supports riparian ecosystems in Kerio Valley ⓘ
hasLocalNameLanguage Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
hasMouthLocation Lake Turkana, Kenya ⓘ
linked to: Lake Turkana
hasSourceRegion Kenyan highlands ⓘ
hasValley Kerio Valley ⓘ
hasValleyType rift valley ⓘ
hydrologicalSystem East African Rift system ⓘ
linked to: East African Rift
isMajorRiverOf Kenya ⓘ
languageOfToponym English ⓘ
locatedIn Rift Valley region of Kenya ⓘ
linked to: Rift Valley region
partOf Lake Turkana basin ⓘ
linked to: Turkana Basin
region northwestern Kenya ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
livestock watering ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Lake Turkana → inflow → Kerio River ⓘ
Endo → associatedWith → Kerio River ⓘ