Cenepa River basin

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The Cenepa River basin is a remote, biodiverse watershed in the Amazonian Andes region that became the focal point of a major border conflict between Peru and Ecuador in the 1990s.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cenepa River basin canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river basin ⓘ
watershed ⓘ
biodiversityFeature habitat for large mammals ⓘ
high plant species richness ⓘ
rich aquatic fauna ⓘ
borderRegionOf Ecuador ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
climate humid tropical ⓘ
conflictType territorial dispute ⓘ
contains Cenepa River ⓘ
country Peru ⓘ
culturalSignificance ancestral territory of Awajún and Wampis ⓘ
drainedBy Cenepa River ⓘ
ecoregion Amazon rainforest ⓘ
ecosystemType lowland tropical forest ⓘ
montane forest ⓘ
elevationRange Andean foothills to lowland rainforest ⓘ
environmentalSignificance conservation priority area ⓘ
habitat for endemic species ⓘ
geopoliticalSignificance site of disputed border demarcation prior to 1998 peace accords ⓘ
governedBy Government of Peru ⓘ
hasCharacteristic biodiverse ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ
remote ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
hydrologicalRole source of freshwater for local communities ⓘ
indigenousGovernance Awajún community organizations ⓘ
Wampis Nation organizations ⓘ
inhabitedBy Awajún people ⓘ
Wampis people ⓘ
knownFor high biological diversity ⓘ
indigenous territories ⓘ
locatedIn Amazonian Andes ⓘ
linked to: eastern Andes

Peru–Ecuador border region ⓘ
northern Peru ⓘ
partOf Amazon River basin ⓘ
linked to: Amazon Basin

upper Amazon basin ⓘ
region Amazonas Region, Peru ⓘ
linked to: Amazonas Region
relatedAgreement Brasilia Presidential Act (1998) ⓘ
strategicImportance border demarcation between Peru and Ecuador ⓘ
threatenedBy illegal mining ⓘ
logging ⓘ
oil exploration ⓘ
tributaryOf Marañón River ⓘ
wasFocalPointOf 1995 Peru–Ecuador border conflict ⓘ
Cenepa War ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Cenepa War → territorialClaimOver → Cenepa River basin ⓘ
Awajún language → hasSpeakersIn → Cenepa River basin ⓘ
Awajún → traditionalTerritory → Cenepa River basin ⓘ
Aguaruna → traditionalTerritory → Cenepa River basin ⓘ
Aguaruna people → traditionalTerritory → Cenepa River basin ⓘ
Wampis → hasSpeakerCommunity → Cenepa River basin ⓘ
Awajún people → traditionalTerritory → Cenepa River basin ⓘ