Igara-Paraná River region

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The Igara-Paraná River region is an area of the northwestern Amazon rainforest that forms part of the ancestral homeland of the Huitoto (Witoto) Indigenous people.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
river basin region ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Bora people ⓘ
Huitoto people ⓘ
Muinane people ⓘ
Ocaina people ⓘ
biome humid tropical forest ⓘ
borderedBy Putumayo River region ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
culturalRegionFor Huitoto ceremonial dances and chants ⓘ
maloca-based communal housing traditions ⓘ
traditional coca and tobacco use in ritual contexts ⓘ
drainedBy Igara-Paraná River ⓘ
ecosystemType tropical rainforest ⓘ
governedUnder Indigenous resguardo (reserve) regimes in parts of the area ⓘ
hasBiodiversity high Amazonian species richness ⓘ
hasClimate equatorial climate ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Huitoto cosmology ⓘ
Huitoto origin myths ⓘ
hasHydrology network of blackwater and whitewater streams ⓘ
hasLandUse hunting and gathering ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
small-scale fishing ⓘ
historicallyAffectedBy Amazon rubber boom ⓘ
Casa Arana rubber enterprise ⓘ
indigenousHomelandOf Huitoto people ⓘ
Witoto people ⓘ
linked to: Huitoto people
knownFor severe abuses against Indigenous peoples during the rubber boom ⓘ
languageRegionOf Witotoan languages ⓘ
locatedIn Amazon Basin ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Loreto Department (historical region of Colombia) ⓘ
linked to: Loreto Department

South America ⓘ
northwestern Amazon rainforest ⓘ
partOf Colombian Amazon ⓘ
Putumayo River basin ⓘ
linked to: Putumayo River

Upper Amazon region ⓘ
interfluvial area between Caquetá and Putumayo rivers ⓘ
recognizedAs ancestral territory of Huitoto people ⓘ
threatenedBy deforestation ⓘ
loss of Indigenous territories ⓘ
resource extraction ⓘ
transportMode fluvial transport by canoe and riverboats ⓘ
tributaryOf Putumayo River ⓘ
usedFor traditional agroforestry systems ⓘ
vegetationType evergreen lowland rainforest ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Huitoto → traditionalTerritory → Igara-Paraná River region ⓘ
subject linked to: Huitoto (Witoto)
Huitoto people → hasPopulationIn → Igaraparaná River region ⓘ
linked to: Igara-Paraná River region
Jucuna → region → Miriti-Paraná River area ⓘ
linked to: Igara-Paraná River region
Barasana people → riverineLocation → Pirá-Paraná River region ⓘ
linked to: Igara-Paraná River region