Río Conchos basin

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The Río Conchos basin is a major river basin in northern Mexico that drains the eastern slopes of the Sierra Tarahumara before flowing into the Rio Grande.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Rio Conchos basin 8
Río Conchos basin canonical 4
Mexico–United States border watershed 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river basin ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
containsCity Camargo ⓘ
Chihuahua City ⓘ
Delicias ⓘ
Ojinaga ⓘ
containsDam Francisco I. Madero Dam ⓘ
La Boquilla Dam ⓘ
Luis L. León Dam ⓘ
containsEcosystem desert scrub ⓘ
irrigated agricultural lands ⓘ
riparian woodlands ⓘ
containsRiver Río Chuviscar ⓘ
Río Conchos ⓘ
linked to: Rio Conchos

Río Florido ⓘ
Río Sacramento (Chihuahua) ⓘ
Río San Pedro ⓘ
linked to: Rio San Pedro
country Mexico ⓘ
drains Río Conchos ⓘ
linked to: Rio Conchos

eastern slopes of the Sierra Tarahumara ⓘ
ecoregion Chihuahuan Desert ⓘ
governedBy Comisión Nacional del Agua ⓘ
Mexican federal water authorities ⓘ
hasIssue drought vulnerability ⓘ
over-allocation of water resources ⓘ
river flow reduction to the Rio Grande ⓘ
salinization in irrigated areas ⓘ
water scarcity ⓘ
hydrologicalRole principal source of surface water in the state of Chihuahua ⓘ
locatedIn Sierra Madre Occidental region ⓘ
northern Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Northern Mexico
locatedInState Chihuahua ⓘ
Coahuila ⓘ
Durango ⓘ
majorTributaryBasinOf Rio Grande ⓘ
mouthLocatedAt confluence of Río Conchos and Rio Grande near Ojinaga ⓘ
partOf Rio Grande drainage basin ⓘ
linked to: Rio Grande basin
partOfAgreement 1944 United States–Mexico Water Treaty ⓘ
primaryUse hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
livestock watering ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
supportsCrop alfalfa ⓘ
chile peppers ⓘ
corn ⓘ
cotton ⓘ
forage crops ⓘ
transboundarySignificance major Mexican contributor of flow to the Rio Grande shared with the United States ⓘ
treatyObligation contributes water deliveries from Mexico to the Rio Grande under the 1944 treaty ⓘ
tributaryOf Rio Grande basin ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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

Sierra Tarahumara → drainageBasin → Río Conchos basin ⓘ
Conchos River → partOf → Mexico–United States border watershed ⓘ
linked to: Río Conchos basin
Rio Conchos → hasWatershed → Rio Conchos basin ⓘ
linked to: Río Conchos basin
Chuvíscar River → riverSystem → Rio Conchos basin ⓘ
linked to: Río Conchos basin
Rio Florido → partOf → Rio Conchos basin ⓘ
linked to: Río Conchos basin
Rio Florido → hasWatershed → Rio Conchos basin ⓘ
linked to: Río Conchos basin
Rio Florido → hydrologicalSystem → Rio Conchos basin ⓘ
linked to: Río Conchos basin
Rio Florido → drainageBasin → Rio Conchos basin ⓘ
linked to: Río Conchos basin
Ciudad Camargo → locatedInHydrologicalBasin → Río Conchos basin ⓘ
Luis L. León Dam → partOf → Río Conchos basin ⓘ
Luis L. León Dam → regionServed → Río Conchos valley ⓘ
linked to: Río Conchos basin
La Boquilla Dam → partOf → Río Conchos basin ⓘ
Rio San Pedro → partOf → Rio Conchos basin ⓘ
linked to: Río Conchos basin
Rio Chuviscar → partOf → Rio Conchos basin ⓘ
linked to: Río Conchos basin