Loa Valley

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Loa Valley is an arid valley in northern Chile shaped by the course of the Loa River, notable for its desert landscapes and role in the Atacama region’s geography.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Loa Valley canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
valley ⓘ
associatedWith Andes Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Andes

Chilean Coastal Range ⓘ
biome desert biome ⓘ
climate arid climate ⓘ
country Chile ⓘ
drainageTo Pacific Ocean ⓘ
ecosystemType hyper-arid desert ecosystem ⓘ
environmentalIssue pressure from mining water use ⓘ
water scarcity ⓘ
formedBy fluvial erosion of Loa River ⓘ
geologicalSetting Andean forearc ⓘ
hasClimateCharacteristic high solar radiation ⓘ
large diurnal temperature range ⓘ
very low annual precipitation ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity limited agriculture along river oases ⓘ
mining in surrounding areas ⓘ
hasFeature alluvial terraces ⓘ
canyons ⓘ
rocky desert plains ⓘ
sparse vegetation ⓘ
hasRiver Loa River ⓘ
hasSoilType rocky desert soils ⓘ
saline soils ⓘ
hydrologicalBasin Loa River basin ⓘ
importance main fluvial corridor of northern Chile’s interior desert ⓘ
locatedIn Antofagasta Region ⓘ
Atacama Desert ⓘ
northern Chile ⓘ
locatedOnContinent South America ⓘ
namedAfter Loa River ⓘ
notableFor desert geomorphology ⓘ
extreme aridity ⓘ
role in Atacama region’s drainage system ⓘ
partOf Atacama region ⓘ
linked to: Atacama Region
regionType inland desert valley ⓘ
riverType through valley ⓘ
terrain desert landscape ⓘ
waterSource Loa River ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Loa River → hasValley → Loa Valley ⓘ