San Jorge River

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The San Jorge River is a significant waterway in northern Colombia that drains the lowland wetlands between the Magdalena and Cauca rivers and supports important agricultural and fishing communities.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
San Jorge River canonical 11

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry Colombia ⓘ
climateZone tropical ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
drainageBasin San Jorge River basin ⓘ
drains lowland wetlands between the Magdalena River and the Cauca River ⓘ
economicActivity artisanal fishing ⓘ
cattle ranching ⓘ
rice cultivation ⓘ
ecosystemType wetland river system ⓘ
environmentalIssue deforestation in its basin ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ
wetland degradation ⓘ
flowRegime seasonal flooding ⓘ
flowsThrough San Jorge River valley wetlands ⓘ
hasBiodiversity aquatic birds ⓘ
freshwater fish species ⓘ
wetland flora ⓘ
hasFeature floodplain wetlands ⓘ
marshes ⓘ
seasonally flooded forests ⓘ
hasLocalName Río San Jorge ⓘ
hydrologicalSystem Magdalena–Cauca river system ⓘ
importance supports local economies ⓘ
supports regional food security ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Caribbean region of Colombia ⓘ
northern Colombia ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Department of Antioquia ⓘ
Department of Córdoba ⓘ
Department of Sucre ⓘ
partOf Colombian Caribbean hydrological region ⓘ
region San Jorge River valley ⓘ
role major drainage axis for interior Caribbean lowlands of Colombia ⓘ
supports agricultural communities ⓘ
fishing communities ⓘ
small-scale river transport ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
tributaryOf Cauca River ⓘ
usedFor inland fisheries ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
transportation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Magdalena River → majorTributary → San Jorge River ⓘ
Córdoba Department → traversedBy → San Jorge River ⓘ
San Jorge River basin → drainageBasinOf → San Jorge River ⓘ
San Jorge River basin → hasMainRiver → San Jorge River ⓘ
Mompox Depression → associatedRiver → San Jorge River ⓘ
Magdalena–Cauca basin → hasPart → San Jorge River ⓘ
northwestern Colombia → hasRiver → San Jorge River ⓘ
Colombian Andes river system → hasPart → San Jorge River ⓘ
Department of Córdoba → hasMajorRiver → San Jorge River ⓘ
Zenú irrigation canals → mainRiver → San Jorge River ⓘ
Zenú canal networks → mainRiver → San Jorge River ⓘ