Lower Colorado River region

E17193

cultural region geographic region

The Lower Colorado River region is an area along the lower course of the Colorado River in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, traditionally inhabited by Indigenous peoples whose cultures and languages are part of the Yuman language family.

Aliases (11)

Lower Colorado River Valley ×12
lower Colorado River ×5
Colorado River region ×4
lower Colorado River region ×3
Lower Colorado River Basin ×2
Colorado River at Sonora border ×1
Colorado River corridor in Arizona ×1
Lower Colorado Region, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation ×1
Lower Colorado River system ×1
lower Colorado River basin ×1
lower Colorado River valley ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region → geographic region →
borderedBy	Mojave Desert → Sonoran Desert →
contains	Cocopah Indian Reservation → Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation → Fort Mojave Indian Reservation → Quechan Indian Reservation →
country	Mexico → United States →
follows	lower course of the Colorado River →
hasHistoricalUse	floodplain agriculture → riverine trade routes →
hasIndigenousLanguage	Cocopah language → Havasupai–Hualapai language → Kumeyaay language → Maricopa language → Mojave language → Quechan language → Yavapai language →
hasLanguageFamily	Yuman language family →
hasMajorCityNearby	Bullhead City, Arizona → Lake Havasu City, Arizona → Mexicali, Baja California → San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora → Yuma, Arizona →
hasTraditionalInhabitants	Cocopah people → Havasupai people → Hualapai people → Kumeyaay people → Maricopa people → Mojave people → Quechan people → Yavapai people → Yuman peoples →
includesSectionOf	Arizona → Baja California → California → Nevada → Sonora →
knownFor	desert climate → irrigated agriculture → riparian ecosystems →
locatedIn	Northwestern Mexico → Southwestern United States →
namedAfter	Colorado River →
partOf	Colorado River basin →
traversedBy	Colorado River →

Referenced by (35)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fort Mojave area → Gila River ("Lower Colorado River system") → Imperial County ("Lower Colorado River Valley") → La Paz County, Arizona ("Lower Colorado River Valley") → Lake Mead ("Lower Colorado River Basin") → Needles, California ("Lower Colorado River Valley") → San Luis, Arizona ("Lower Colorado River Valley") → Yuma County, Arizona ("Lower Colorado River Valley") →	partOf
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation ("Lower Colorado River Valley") → Mohave ("Lower Colorado River Valley") → Mojave language ("lower Colorado River") → Southern Numic ("Colorado River region") → U.S. Cocopa → Yuma, Arizona ("Lower Colorado River Valley") →	region
Chemehuevi people ("lower Colorado River region") → Hwalʼbay ("Colorado River region") → Nüwü ("Colorado River region") → Piipaash ("lower Colorado River valley") →	traditionalRegion
Maricopa people ("lower Colorado River") → Walapai ("Colorado River corridor in Arizona") →	traditionalTerritory
Kwatsáan ("lower Colorado River") →	associatedWithRegion
Cocopa language ("Lower Colorado River Valley") →	culturalArea
Quechan people ("Lower Colorado River Valley") →	culturalRegion
Aridoamerica ("lower Colorado River basin") →	extendsInto
Colorado River Indian Tribes ("Lower Colorado River Valley") →	hasPrimaryRegion
Yuman language family ("Lower Colorado River Valley") →	historicallyAssociatedWith
Colorado River near present-day Needles, California ("Lower Colorado River Basin") →	hydrologicalBasin
Southern Paiute people ("Colorado River region") →	indigenousTo
Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation ("lower Colorado River") →	locatedAlong
Fort Yuma Indian Reservation ("lower Colorado River region") →	locatedInRegion
Fort Mojave area ("lower Colorado River") →	locatedOn
Quechan uprising of 1781 ("lower Colorado River region") →	location
Arizona ("Colorado River at Sonora border") →	lowestPoint
Davis Dam ("Lower Colorado Region, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation") →	managedBy
Yuman language family →	spokenIn