Catatumbo River

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The Catatumbo River is a river in northwestern Venezuela known for flowing into Lake Maracaibo and for the nearby region’s spectacular, frequent lightning storms.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Catatumbo River canonical 9
Catatumbo River basin 4
Catatumbo River mouth 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWith atmospheric electricity ⓘ
high lightning density ⓘ
basinCountry Colombia ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Venezuela ⓘ
crossesBorderBetween Colombia and Venezuela ⓘ
drainageBasin Caribbean Sea watershed ⓘ
flowsInto Lake Maracaibo ⓘ
hasEcosystem tropical forests ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
hasNotableFeature high frequency of lightning strikes ⓘ
persistent nocturnal thunderstorms ⓘ
hasPhenomenon Catatumbo lightning ⓘ
hydrologicalSystem Lake Maracaibo system ⓘ
linked to: Lake Maracaibo
influences local climate around Lake Maracaibo ⓘ
knownFor Catatumbo lightning ⓘ
frequent lightning storms ⓘ
languageOrigin indigenous term "Catatumbo" ⓘ
locatedIn South America ⓘ
Zulia state ⓘ
linked to: Zulia State

northwestern Venezuela ⓘ
mouth Lake Maracaibo ⓘ
near Catatumbo municipality ⓘ
Lake Maracaibo ⓘ
Maracaibo ⓘ
partOf Lake Maracaibo basin ⓘ
linked to: Maracaibo Basin

Orinoco–Caribbean drainage region ⓘ
linked to: Orinoco Basin
region Zulia state ⓘ
linked to: Zulia
sourceCountry Colombia ⓘ
sourceRegion Cordillera Oriental of the Andes ⓘ
tributaryOf Lake Maracaibo ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
local transportation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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

Lake Maracaibo → hasInflow → Catatumbo River ⓘ
Norte de Santander Department → hasRiver → Catatumbo River ⓘ
Western Venezuela → hasMajorRiver → Catatumbo River ⓘ
subject linked to: western Venezuela
Catatumbo lightning → locatedIn → Catatumbo River mouth ⓘ
linked to: Catatumbo River
Catatumbo lightning → nameDerivedFrom → Catatumbo River ⓘ
Tibú → locatedInGeographicalFeature → Catatumbo River basin ⓘ
linked to: Catatumbo River
Sardinata → locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater → Catatumbo River basin ⓘ
linked to: Catatumbo River
Northeastern Colombia → drainedByRiver → Catatumbo River basin ⓘ
subject linked to: northeastern Colombia
linked to: Catatumbo River
Pamplonita River → partOf → Catatumbo River basin ⓘ
linked to: Catatumbo River
Zulia River → tributaryOf → Catatumbo River ⓘ
Zulia River → mouth → Catatumbo River ⓘ
Zulia River → flowsInto → Catatumbo River ⓘ
Zulia River → riverSystem → Catatumbo River system ⓘ
linked to: Catatumbo River