Carrao River

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The Carrao River is a river in southeastern Venezuela that flows through Canaima National Park and is known for feeding Angel Falls, the world’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Carrao River canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWith Angel Falls ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Venezuela ⓘ
drainageBasin Orinoco River ⓘ
feeds Angel Falls ⓘ
flowsNear Auyán-tepui ⓘ
flowsPast Canaima Lagoon ⓘ
linked to: Canaima lagoon
flowsThrough Canaima National Park ⓘ
Gran Sabana region ⓘ
linked to: Gran Sabana
hasBiodiversity high aquatic biodiversity ⓘ
high riparian biodiversity ⓘ
hasClimateZone tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
hasEcologicalSignificance supports tepui-related ecosystems ⓘ
supports tropical rainforest ecosystems ⓘ
hasFeature islands ⓘ
rapids ⓘ
waterfalls ⓘ
hasLanguageRegion Spanish ⓘ
hasMouthIn Caroní River ⓘ
hasNotableFunction drains part of the Gran Sabana ⓘ
hasSourceIn Guiana Shield region ⓘ
linked to: Guiana Shield
hasTouristAccessPoint Canaima camp area ⓘ
linked to: Canaima village
knownFor access route to Angel Falls ⓘ
scenic landscapes ⓘ
locatedIn Bolívar state ⓘ
linked to: Bolívar State

southeastern Venezuela ⓘ
locatedInEcoregion Guianan Highlands ⓘ
linked to: Guiana Highlands
locatedInProtectedArea Canaima National Park ⓘ
locatedInUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Canaima National Park ⓘ
nearbySettlement Canaima ⓘ
partOf Canaima National Park hydrological system ⓘ
Orinoco River basin ⓘ
linked to: Orinoco Basin
protectedBy Venezuelan environmental law ⓘ
region Guayana Region ⓘ
tributaryOf Caroní River ⓘ
usedFor ecotourism ⓘ
river transport ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
watercourseType freshwater river ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Pemon → associatedWithRiver → Carrao River ⓘ
Kerepakupai Merú → flowsInto → Carrao River ⓘ
SVCN → nearbyGeographicFeature → Carrao River ⓘ
Hacha Falls → hasWatercourse → Carrao River ⓘ