Anseba River

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The Anseba River is a major seasonal watercourse in Eritrea that flows from the central highlands toward the Red Sea basin, supporting agriculture and settlements along its valley.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Anseba River canonical 4
Anseba River valley 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry Eritrea ⓘ
climateZone semi-arid ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Eritrea ⓘ
drainageBasin Red Sea drainage basin ⓘ
drainageDirection northward toward the Red Sea basin ⓘ
flowsFrom Eritrean central highlands ⓘ
linked to: Eritrean Highlands
flowsNear Keren ⓘ
flowsThrough Anseba Region ⓘ
Gash-Barka Region ⓘ
geomorphologicalFeature alluvial valley ⓘ
hasSeasonality flows mainly in rainy season ⓘ
hydrologicalType ephemeral watercourse ⓘ
seasonal river ⓘ
importance major seasonal watercourse in Eritrea ⓘ
languageOfToponym Tigrinya ⓘ
locatedIn Eritrea ⓘ
mouthRegion northern Eritrea ⓘ
partOf Red Sea basin ⓘ
linked to: Red Sea
region Horn of Africa ⓘ
sourceRegion Eritrean Highlands ⓘ
supports agriculture ⓘ
rural settlements ⓘ
tributaryOf Barka River ⓘ
usedFor irrigation ⓘ
valleyType river valley ⓘ
waterResourceFor livestock watering ⓘ
small-scale irrigation schemes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Anseba → hasRiver → Anseba River ⓘ
Anseba → namedAfter → Anseba River ⓘ
Keren → nearbyGeographicFeature → Anseba River valley ⓘ
linked to: Anseba River
Anseba Region → namedAfter → Anseba River ⓘ
Anseba Region → traversedBy → Anseba River ⓘ