Rupununi River

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The Rupununi River is a major river in southwestern Guyana, flowing through savannah and rainforest ecosystems that support rich biodiversity and connect to the Amazon basin.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Rupununi River canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWith Makushi people ⓘ
Wapishana people ⓘ
borderRegion near Brazil–Guyana border ⓘ
climateZone tropical ⓘ
connectsTo Amazon basin ⓘ
linked to: Amazon Basin

Essequibo River ⓘ
linked to: Essequibo
conservationStatus region of high conservation priority ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Guyana ⓘ
countrySubdivision Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo ⓘ
drainageBasin Rupununi basin ⓘ
ecosystemType freshwater ecosystem ⓘ
floodplainType seasonally flooded savannah ⓘ
flowsDirection generally northward ⓘ
flowsThrough Rupununi Savannah ⓘ
rainforest ecosystems ⓘ
savannah ecosystems ⓘ
habitatFor arapaima ⓘ
black caiman ⓘ
giant anteater (in surrounding savannahs) ⓘ
giant otter ⓘ
jaguar (in surrounding forests) ⓘ
hasMouthNear Essequibo River ⓘ
linked to: Essequibo
hasSeasonality distinct rainy and dry seasons ⓘ
hasSourceRegion Kanuku Mountains region ⓘ
linked to: Kanuku Mountains
hasTributary Karanambo Creek ⓘ
Kwitaro River ⓘ
Rewa River ⓘ
knownFor flooded savannahs during rainy season ⓘ
high fish diversity ⓘ
wetland habitats ⓘ
languageOfToponym indigenous origin ⓘ
locatedIn Southwestern Guyana ⓘ
linked to: southwestern Guyana

Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region ⓘ
nearSettlement Karanambo ⓘ
Lethem ⓘ
Rewa Village ⓘ
partOf Essequibo River basin ⓘ
linked to: Essequibo

Guiana Shield region ⓘ
linked to: Guiana Shield
region Rupununi ⓘ
linked to: Rupununi region
supports rich biodiversity ⓘ
threatenedBy climate change impacts on hydrology ⓘ
overfishing (locally) ⓘ
potential agricultural expansion ⓘ
usedFor ecotourism ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
transportation by local communities ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Osteoglossum bicirrhosum → nativeTo → Rupununi River ⓘ
Rupununi region → contains → Rupununi River ⓘ
Rupununi region → crossedBy → Rupununi River ⓘ
silver arawana → nativeTo → Rupununi River ⓘ