Negro River

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The Negro River is a major river in northern Patagonia, Argentina, formed by the confluence of the Limay and Neuquén rivers and known for its importance to regional agriculture and settlements.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Negro River canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry Argentina ⓘ
climateAlongValley semi-arid ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Argentina ⓘ
drainageBasinArea approximately 140000 km² ⓘ
economicImportance key to settlement patterns in northern Patagonia ⓘ
major axis of transport and towns in Río Negro Province ⓘ
flowsDirection generally eastward ⓘ
flowsPast Allen ⓘ
Carmen de Patagones ⓘ
Choele Choel ⓘ
Cipolletti ⓘ
General Roca ⓘ
Viedma ⓘ
Villa Regina ⓘ
flowsThrough Río Negro Province ⓘ
formedByConfluenceOf Limay River ⓘ
Neuquén River ⓘ
governedBy Province of Neuquén ⓘ
linked to: Neuquén Province

Province of Río Negro ⓘ
linked to: Río Negro Province
hasBridge Puente Basilio Villarino ⓘ
Puente Ferrocarretero ⓘ
hasFloodplain Río Negro valley ⓘ
hasIrrigationValley Alto Valle del Río Negro ⓘ
Valle Inferior del Río Negro ⓘ
Valle Medio del Río Negro ⓘ
hasIsland Isla Grande de Choele Choel ⓘ
hasPort San Antonio Este (near mouth region) ⓘ
linked to: San Antonio Este
hasTributary Río Colorado irrigation canals (man-made connections) ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
length about 635 km ⓘ
locatedIn northern Patagonia ⓘ
linked to: Comahue region
majorTributaryOf Atlantic Ocean drainage basin ⓘ
meaningOfName Black River ⓘ
mouth Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Buenos Aires Province ⓘ
namedAfter Río Negro Province ⓘ
nameInSpanish Río Negro ⓘ
partOf Patagonian river system ⓘ
region Comahue region ⓘ
sourceLocatedNear city of Neuquén ⓘ
sourceLocation confluence of Limay and Neuquén rivers ⓘ
supports fruit production ⓘ
regional agriculture ⓘ
viticulture ⓘ
usedFor hydroelectric power ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
waterSource Andes snowmelt ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Limay River → mouth → Negro River ⓘ
Limay River → tributaryOf → Negro River ⓘ