Calumet River

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river waterway

The Calumet River is an industrially significant waterway in the Chicago metropolitan area that connects Lake Michigan to a network of canals and rivers in Illinois and Indiana.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Calumet River system 6
Grand Calumet River 3
Little Calumet River 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
associatedWithIndustry chemical manufacturing ⓘ
petroleum refining ⓘ
steel mills ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
connectsTo Cal-Sag Channel ⓘ
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal ⓘ
Calumet River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Grand Calumet River

Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal ⓘ
surface form: Illinois Waterway

Lake Michigan ⓘ
Calumet River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Little Calumet River
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crosses Illinois–Indiana state line vicinity ⓘ
flowsThrough Burnham, Illinois ⓘ
Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ
Hammond, Indiana ⓘ
Hegewisch, Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Hegewisch community area

South Deering community area ⓘ
Whiting, Indiana ⓘ
hasBridge highway bridges ⓘ
lift bridges ⓘ
railroad bridges ⓘ
hasCharacteristic channelized course ⓘ
heavily industrialized banks ⓘ
navigable waterway ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue industrial pollution ⓘ
sediment contamination ⓘ
hasPort Port of Chicago vicinity ⓘ
hasUse barge traffic ⓘ
commercial navigation ⓘ
industrial shipping ⓘ
wastewater conveyance ⓘ
isPartOf Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system ⓘ
surface form: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Seaway system

Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
locatedIn Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
managedBy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
mouthOf Lake Michigan ⓘ
near Calumet Harbor ⓘ
Lake Calumet ⓘ
partOf Calumet Region ⓘ
region Midwestern United States ⓘ
tributaryOf Calumet River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Little Calumet River (in some segments regarded as continuation)
waterwayType artificially improved river ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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

Cal-Sag Channel → connectedRiverSystem → Calumet River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calumet River system
Calumet Harbor → connectedTo → Calumet River ⓘ
Lake Calumet → connectedTo → Calumet River ⓘ
Cal-Sag Channel → connectsTo → Calumet River ⓘ
Calumet River → connectsTo → Calumet River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Little Calumet River
Calumet River → connectsTo → Calumet River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Calumet River
Illinois Waterway system → connectsTo → Calumet River ⓘ
Blue Island, Illinois → crossedBy → Calumet River ⓘ
Calumet Region → hasPart → Calumet River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calumet River system
Illinois Waterway system → hasPart → Calumet River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calumet-Sag Channel
this entity surface form: Calumet River system
Calumet City, Illinois → locatedOn → Calumet River ⓘ
Hammond, Indiana → locatedOn → Calumet River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Calumet River
Calumet City, Illinois → namedAfter → Calumet River ⓘ
Hegewisch, Chicago → near → Calumet River ⓘ
Calumet Harbor → partOf → Calumet River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calumet River system
Lake Calumet → partOf → Calumet River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calumet River system
this entity surface form: Calumet River system
Calumet Region → traversedBy → Calumet River ⓘ
Calumet Region → traversedBy → Calumet River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Calumet River
Calumet Region → traversedBy → Calumet River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Little Calumet River
Calumet River → tributaryOf → Calumet River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Little Calumet River (in some segments regarded as continuation)