Onyx River
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In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Onyx River is referenced by 15 other articles, and connects out to Wright Valley, Antarctica and geographic coordinate system.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics McMurdo Dry Valleys, Rivers of Antarctica and Rivers of Victoria Land.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Antarctica
- Source
- Lake Brownworth
- Coordinates
- 77°25′48″S 162°45′0″E / 77.43000°S 162.75000°E / -77.43000; 162.75000
- Mouth
- Lake Vanda
- Length
- 32 km (20 mi)
- Maximum
- 20 cubic metres per second (700 cu ft/s)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Continent
- Antarctica
- Image
- Onyx River 1999-12-22.jpg
- Length
- 32
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Onyx River
- mouth of the watercourse
- Lake Vanda
- lake on watercourse
- Lake Brownworth
- different from
- Onyx
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Onyx River is an Antarctic meltwater stream that flows westward through the Wright Valley from Wright Lower Glacier and Lake Brownworth at the foot of the glacier to Lake Vanda, during the few months of the Antarctic summer. At 32 kilometres (20 mi) in length, it is the longest river in Antarctica.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Onyx River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations