Río Balsas

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Río Balsas is a major river in south-central Mexico that flows from Puebla through several states before emptying into the Pacific Ocean, playing a key role in regional agriculture and hydroelectric power.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Río Balsas canonical 1
Río Balsas (Balsas River) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Balsas River ⓘ
Río de las Balsas ⓘ
associatedWith Balsas dry forests ecoregion ⓘ
basinCountry Mexico ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
drainageBasin Balsas River basin ⓘ
ecosystemTypeAlongBanks tropical dry forest ⓘ
emptiesInto Pacific Ocean ⓘ
flowsDirection generally east-to-west ⓘ
flowsThrough Estado de México ⓘ
Guerrero ⓘ
Michoacán ⓘ
Morelos ⓘ
Puebla ⓘ
linked to: Puebla (state)
hasDam Presa El Caracol ⓘ
Presa El Infiernillo ⓘ
Presa La Villita ⓘ
hasHydroelectricPlant El Caracol hydroelectric plant ⓘ
Infiernillo hydroelectric plant ⓘ
La Villita hydroelectric plant ⓘ
hasTributary Río Amacuzac ⓘ
Río Atoyac ⓘ
linked to: Atoyac River

Río Cutzamala ⓘ
Río Mixteco ⓘ
Río Tepalcatepec ⓘ
importance major river of Mexico ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Guerrero ⓘ
Michoacán ⓘ
Morelos ⓘ
south-central Mexico ⓘ
linked to: southern Mexico
mouthLocation Guerrero ⓘ
Lázaro Cárdenas region ⓘ
partOf Balsas River basin ⓘ
passesNear Chilpancingo ⓘ
Ciudad Altamirano ⓘ
Cuernavaca ⓘ
Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán ⓘ
playsRoleIn regional economic development ⓘ
regional transportation (historically) ⓘ
region Balsas Depression ⓘ
sourceLocation Puebla ⓘ
linked to: Puebla (state)

Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
usedBy agricultural producers ⓘ
rural communities ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Balsas River → alsoKnownAs → Río Balsas ⓘ
Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán → locatedOnRiver → Río Balsas (Balsas River) ⓘ
linked to: Río Balsas