Meta River

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The Meta River is a major waterway in Colombia and Venezuela that drains the eastern Andes and Llanos plains before joining the Orinoco River.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Meta River canonical 20

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
basinCountry Colombia
Venezuela
continent South America
country Colombia
Venezuela
crossesBorderBetween Colombia and Venezuela
drainageBasin Orinoco basin
linked to: Orinoco Basin
drains Llanos plains
eastern Andes
flowsThrough Colombian Llanos
Venezuelan Llanos
formsBorderBetween Colombia and Venezuela
hasClimateZone tropical savanna climate region
hasEcosystemType tropical river ecosystem
hasHydrologicalFunction drainage of Llanos plains
drainage of eastern Andes
hasNameInLanguage Río Meta (Spanish)
hasPoliticalSignificance international river
hasUse fishing area
irrigation source
transportation waterway
languageOfName Spanish
locatedIn Colombia–Venezuela border region
Llanos
northern South America
majorTributaryOf Orinoco River
mouth Orinoco River
partOf Orinoco River basin
linked to: Orinoco Basin

Orinoco watershed
linked to: Orinoco Basin
region Eastern Plains of Colombia
Orinoquía Region
riverSystem Orinoco River system
linked to: Orinoco River
tributaryOf Orinoco River

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Referenced by (20)

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

Orinoco River majorTributary Meta River
Meta Department traversedByRiver Meta River
Orinoco Basin tributaryRiver Meta River
Vichada Department containsRiver Meta River
Casanare Department hasRiver Meta River
Puerto López locatedOnRiver Meta River
Departamento de Meta namedAfter Meta River
Eastern Colombia mainRiver Meta River
subject linked to: eastern Colombia
Río Meta hasNameInLanguage Meta River
subject linked to: Río Meta (Spanish)
Río Meta nameInEnglish Meta River
subject linked to: Río Meta (Spanish)
Western Venezuela hasMajorRiver Meta River
subject linked to: western Venezuela
Apure State traversedBy Meta River