Desaguadero River

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The Desaguadero River is a major river of the Altiplano in South America that drains Lake Titicaca and flows southward through Bolivia toward Lake Poopó.

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AI-generated illustration of Desaguadero River

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Desaguadero River (The Desaguadero River is a major river of the Altiplano in South America that drains Lake Titicaca and flows southward through Bolivia toward Lake Poopó.)

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Desaguadero River canonical 5
Río Desaguadero 2
Desaguadero 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Río Desaguadero ⓘ
linked to: Desaguadero River
associatedWith Aymara communities ⓘ
traditional fishing ⓘ
basinCountry Bolivia ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
borderFunction forms part of the border between Bolivia and Peru ⓘ
climateZone high-altitude semi-arid ⓘ
connects Lake Poopó ⓘ
linked to: Poopó Lake

Lake Titicaca ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Bolivia ⓘ
countrySubdivision La Paz Department ⓘ
Oruro Department ⓘ
Puno Region ⓘ
drainageBasin Poopó basin ⓘ
linked to: Poopó Lake

Titicaca basin ⓘ
linked to: Altiplano plateau
drains Lake Titicaca ⓘ
ecoregion Central Andean dry puna ⓘ
Central Andean wet puna ⓘ
flowDirection southward ⓘ
flowsInto Lake Poopó ⓘ
linked to: Poopó Lake
flowsThrough Bolivia ⓘ
hasBridge Binational bridge at Desaguadero town ⓘ
hasTownOnBanks Desaguadero ⓘ
hydrologicalRole principal outlet of Lake Titicaca ⓘ
length approximately 320 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Altiplano ⓘ
linked to: Altiplano plateau

Andes ⓘ
majorUse irrigation ⓘ
livestock watering ⓘ
local transportation ⓘ
mouth Lake Poopó ⓘ
linked to: Poopó Lake
mouthElevation approximately 3686 meters ⓘ
partOf Titicaca–Desaguadero–Poopó–Salar de Coipasa system ⓘ
linked to: Poopó Lake
region Altiplano ⓘ
linked to: Altiplano plateau
risk reduced flow due to climate change ⓘ
salinization of soils in lower basin ⓘ
salinityTrend increases downstream ⓘ
source Lake Titicaca ⓘ
sourceElevation approximately 3810 meters ⓘ
subjectTo seasonal flow variation ⓘ
water diversion for agriculture ⓘ
waterSystem endorheic basin ⓘ
waterType freshwater to brackish ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Lake Titicaca → outflow → Desaguadero River ⓘ
Desaguadero River → alsoKnownAs → Río Desaguadero ⓘ
linked to: Desaguadero River
Poopó Lake → inflow → Desaguadero River ⓘ
Poopó Lake → hydrologicalConnectionVia → Desaguadero River ⓘ
Lake Titicaca region → containsTown → Desaguadero ⓘ
linked to: Desaguadero River
Uru Uru Lake → inflow → Desaguadero River ⓘ
Desaguadero → locatedOnRiver → Desaguadero River ⓘ
Desaguadero River → alsoKnownAs → Río Desaguadero ⓘ
linked to: Desaguadero River