New River
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The New River is a highly polluted waterway flowing from Mexico into Southern California, ultimately draining into the Salton Sea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New River canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
river
ⓘ
waterway ⓘ |
| affects |
Imperial Valley air quality through exposed sediments
ⓘ
Salton Sea water quality ⓘ |
| borderCrossing |
Mexicali border crossing
ⓘ
surface form:
Calexico–Mexicali border
|
| connectedTo | Alamo River via Salton Sea ⓘ |
| country |
Mexico
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crossesBorderBetween |
United States and Mexico
ⓘ
surface form:
Mexico and the United States
|
| drainageBasin | Imperial Valley agricultural lands ⓘ |
| environmentalIssue |
ecosystem degradation
ⓘ
public health risk ⓘ water pollution ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | northward ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Salton Sea ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Baja California
ⓘ
Calexico, California ⓘ California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
California
Imperial County ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial County, California
Mexicali ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
highly polluted
ⓘ
transboundary river ⓘ urban river ⓘ |
| hasIssue |
chemical contaminants
ⓘ
high nutrient loads ⓘ pathogen contamination ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | impaired water body under the U.S. Clean Water Act ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado Desert
ⓘ
Imperial Valley ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | Salton Sea ⓘ |
| near |
Brawley
ⓘ
surface form:
Brawley, California
Imperial, California ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the most polluted rivers in the United States ⓘ |
| partOf | Salton Sea watershed ⓘ |
| pollutionSource |
agricultural runoff
ⓘ
industrial discharges ⓘ municipal wastewater ⓘ untreated sewage ⓘ |
| region |
Southern California
ⓘ
northwestern Mexico ⓘ |
| regulatesBy |
California Regional Water Quality Control Board
ⓘ
United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ |
| sourceLocation | Mexicali Valley ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
U.S.–Mexico environmental agreements
ⓘ
binational water quality monitoring ⓘ remediation projects ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Salton Sea ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.