Urique River

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The Urique River is a rugged mountain river in northwestern Mexico that carves through the Copper Canyon region, helping form one of the deepest canyon systems in North America.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Urique River canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedPeople Rarámuri ⓘ
Tarahumara people ⓘ
carves Copper Canyon walls ⓘ
deep canyons ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
contributesTo formation of one of the deepest canyon systems in North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
drainageBasin Pacific Ocean watershed ⓘ
ecosystem montane canyon ecosystem ⓘ
riparian habitats in Copper Canyon ⓘ
flowsDirection generally southward ⓘ
south-southwest ⓘ
flowsThrough Copper Canyon system ⓘ
linked to: Copper Canyon

Urique Municipality ⓘ
town of Urique ⓘ
forms Copper Canyon ⓘ
geologicalProcess fluvial erosion ⓘ
geologicalType mountain river ⓘ
hasBiodiversity high canyon biodiversity ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity subsistence agriculture along its banks ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasHydrologicalRole major tributary of the Fuerte River ⓘ
hasLanguageRegion Tarahumara ⓘ
hasNearbyInfrastructure Copper Canyon railway viewpoints ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Basaseachi region settlements ⓘ
hasRecreation hiking along canyon ⓘ
river viewing from canyon rims ⓘ
helpsForm one of the deepest canyon systems in North America ⓘ
knownFor remote terrain ⓘ
scenic landscapes ⓘ
steep canyon walls ⓘ
locatedIn Chihuahua ⓘ
Chihuahuan Desert region ⓘ
linked to: Chihuahuan Desert

Sierra Madre Occidental ⓘ
northwestern Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Northwestern Mexico

state of Chihuahua, Mexico ⓘ
linked to: State of Chihuahua
mouthLocatedIn Fuerte River basin ⓘ
partOf Copper Canyon ⓘ
Copper Canyon region ⓘ
linked to: Copper Canyon

Sierra Tarahumara region ⓘ
regionType canyon river ⓘ
riverSystem Fuerte River system ⓘ
terrain rugged ⓘ
tributaryOf Fuerte River NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor ecotourism ⓘ
local irrigation ⓘ
small-scale fishing ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Urique Canyon → hasRiver → Urique River ⓘ
Barrancas del Cobre → drainedBy → Urique River ⓘ
Urique → hasNearbyRiver → Urique River ⓘ