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ID: 1128153
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1128153
Record Type:
physical
Orinoco, Río (river)
Coordinates:
Lat: 08 36 57 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 8.6167
decimal degrees
Long: 062 15 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -62.2500
decimal degrees
Note:
Flows 2560 km from Venezuela to the Atlantic; in the south, the river divides into the Casiquiare and Rio Negro; forms part of the Venezuela-Colombia border; provides rich farmland in several states.
Names:
Orinoco, Río
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Río Orinoco
(
C
,
V
,
display
)
Orinoco
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
South America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Orinoco, Río
(river) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
South America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Venezuela
(nation) (
P
)
............
Orinoco, Río
(river)
World
(facet)
....
South America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Colombia
(nation) (
P
)
............
Orinoco, Río
(river) (
P
)
Place Types:
river (
preferred
,
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Orinoco..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
481
Orinoco, Río..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Río Orinoco..........
[
VP
]
.......................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 10 June 2015
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
481
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 10 June 2015
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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