Nhamundá River region

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The Nhamundá River region is an area of the Brazilian Amazon inhabited by Indigenous communities such as the Hixkaryana, known for its dense rainforest, riverine ecosystems, and relative geographic isolation.

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Nhamundá River region canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
river basin region ⓘ
accessibility limited road access ⓘ
biome Amazon biome ⓘ
characterizedBy relative geographic isolation ⓘ
climate equatorial ⓘ
hot and humid ⓘ
contains dense rainforest ⓘ
riverine ecosystems ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
culturalRegionFor Hixkaryana people ⓘ
ecosystemType freshwater river system ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
environmentalImportance conservation of Amazonian biodiversity ⓘ
maintenance of freshwater ecosystems ⓘ
governedBy Brazilian environmental and Indigenous policies ⓘ
hasBiodiversity high ⓘ
hasCulturalAspect Indigenous cosmologies linked to rivers and forests ⓘ
hasFeature floodplain forests ⓘ
remote settlements ⓘ
riparian vegetation ⓘ
river channels ⓘ
hasLanguageCommunity Hixkaryana language speakers ⓘ
hasPart Nhamundá River ⓘ
hasSettlementPattern riverine villages ⓘ
scattered Indigenous communities ⓘ
hydrologicalSystem tributary system of the Amazon Basin ⓘ
inhabitedBy Hixkaryana people ⓘ
Indigenous communities ⓘ
knownFor linguistic diversity among Indigenous groups ⓘ
traditional subsistence activities ⓘ
locatedIn Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Brazilian Amazon ⓘ
linked to: Amazon rainforest

North Region of Brazil ⓘ
mainEconomicActivities forest product gathering ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
small-scale fishing ⓘ
namedAfter Nhamundá River ⓘ
partOf Amazon Basin ⓘ
Amazonian Indigenous territories region ⓘ
supports subsistence livelihoods ⓘ
traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ
threatenedBy deforestation in the wider Amazon region ⓘ
overfishing risk ⓘ
potential illegal logging ⓘ
transportMode river transport ⓘ

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

Hixkaryana language → region → Nhamundá River region ⓘ