Lempa River

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The Lempa River is the longest and most important river in El Salvador, flowing through Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador before reaching the Pacific Ocean and serving as a key source of water, hydroelectric power, and irrigation for the region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lempa River canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Río Lempa ⓘ
basinCountry El Salvador ⓘ
Guatemala ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country El Salvador ⓘ
Guatemala ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
drainageBasin Pacific Ocean basin ⓘ
drains large areas of El Salvador ⓘ
parts of Guatemala ⓘ
parts of Honduras ⓘ
flowsInto Pacific Ocean ⓘ
flowsThrough eastern Guatemala ⓘ
northern El Salvador ⓘ
western Honduras ⓘ
formsReservoir Cerrón Grande Reservoir ⓘ
hasEconomicRole agricultural production ⓘ
electricity production ⓘ
water supply for cities ⓘ
hasEcosystemType freshwater ecosystem ⓘ
hasHydroelectricDam 15 de Septiembre Dam ⓘ
5 de Noviembre Dam ⓘ
Cerrón Grande Dam ⓘ
Guajoyo Dam ⓘ
importance important for agriculture in its basin ⓘ
key water resource for El Salvador ⓘ
main source of hydroelectric power in El Salvador ⓘ
locatedIn Central America ⓘ
longestRiverIn El Salvador ⓘ
majorRiverOf El Salvador ⓘ
mouth Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf hydrological network of Central America ⓘ
passesThrough El Salvador ⓘ
Guatemala ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
region Mesoamerica ⓘ
sourceOf drinking water ⓘ
hydroelectric power ⓘ
irrigation water ⓘ
supports local fisheries ⓘ
riparian habitats ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
transportation ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Acelhuate River basin → emptiesInto → Lempa River ⓘ
Lempa River basin → hasMainRiver → Lempa River ⓘ