Río Churún

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Río Churún is a river in southeastern Venezuela best known for feeding Angel Falls, the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall, within Canaima National Park.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Río Churún canonical 1
Río Churún (es) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
accessibility primarily by river and air to Canaima ⓘ
associatedWithIndigenousPeoples Pemon people ⓘ
linked to: Pemon
belongsToNationalPark Canaima National Park ⓘ
climateZone tropical humid ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Venezuela ⓘ
drainageBasin Orinoco River basin ⓘ
linked to: Orinoco Basin
environmentType savanna-forest mosaic ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
feeds Angel Falls ⓘ
flowsThrough tepui landscape ⓘ
hasEcologicalSignificance habitat for tropical freshwater species ⓘ
hasFeature jungle-lined banks ⓘ
rapids ⓘ
river bends ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage Río Churún (es) ⓘ
linked to: Río Churún
hasScenicSignificance iconic views of Angel Falls ⓘ
hasTouristAccessPoint Canaima camp area ⓘ
linked to: Canaima village
hydrologicalRole drainage of Auyán-tepui plateau ⓘ
languageOfToponym Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn southeastern Venezuela ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Bolívar State ⓘ
locatedInEcoregion Guayana Highlands ⓘ
linked to: Guiana Highlands
locatedInGeographicalFeature Guiana Shield ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Canaima National Park ⓘ
locatedInUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Canaima National Park ⓘ
mouthRegion confluence with Río Carrao ⓘ
near Auyán-tepui ⓘ
notableFor feeding Angel Falls ⓘ
partOf Canaima National Park river system ⓘ
partOfTouristRoute river route to Angel Falls ⓘ
protectedBy Venezuelan environmental law ⓘ
riverSystem Carrao–Caroní–Orinoco basin ⓘ
linked to: Orinoco Basin
sourceRegion Auyán-tepui area ⓘ
tourismActivity boat excursions ⓘ
canoe trips ⓘ
tourismGatewayTo Angel Falls viewpoints ⓘ
transportMode motorized dugout canoes ⓘ
tributaryOf Río Carrao ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatusOfArea World Heritage Site ⓘ
usedFor access to Angel Falls ⓘ
river tourism ⓘ
watercourseFor Angel Falls ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Churún River → hasSpanishName → Río Churún ⓘ
Río Churún → hasNameInLanguage → Río Churún (es) ⓘ
linked to: Río Churún