Merced River

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river

The Merced River is a major Sierra Nevada waterway in California renowned for carving Yosemite Valley and providing iconic scenic, recreational, and ecological value within and beyond Yosemite National Park.

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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form	Occurrences
Merced River canyon	3
Merced River watershed	3
Merced River (in Yosemite Valley)	1
Merced River Recreation Management Area	1
Merced River above Little Yosemite Valley	1
Merced River below Nevada Fall	1
Merced River corridor	1
Merced River drainage	1
Merced River system	1
North Fork Merced River	1
South Fork Merced River	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ
basinCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
cityNamedAfter	Merced ⓘ surface form: Merced, California
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
drainageBasin	San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
ecosystemService	riparian habitat ⓘ wildlife corridor ⓘ
flowsThrough	Merced ⓘ surface form: City of Merced, California Mariposa County ⓘ surface form: Mariposa County, California Merced County ⓘ surface form: Merced County, California Sierra National Forest ⓘ Stanislaus National Forest ⓘ Yosemite Valley ⓘ
hasTributary	Bridalveil Creek ⓘ Fresno River ⓘ Illilouette Creek ⓘ Merced River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: North Fork Merced River Merced River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: South Fork Merced River Tenaya Creek ⓘ
knownFor	carving Yosemite Valley ⓘ ecological value ⓘ recreational value ⓘ scenic value ⓘ
locatedIn	Sierra Nevada ⓘ Yosemite National Park ⓘ
mouth	San Joaquin River ⓘ
namedAfter	Nuestra Señora de la Merced ⓘ
partOf	National Wild and Scenic Rivers System units ⓘ surface form: National Wild and Scenic Rivers System
passesFeature	El Capitan ⓘ Half Dome ⓘ Little Yosemite Valley ⓘ Nevada Fall ⓘ Vernal Fall ⓘ
protectedStatus	National Wild and Scenic River ⓘ
recreationArea	Merced River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Merced River Recreation Management Area
region	Central Valley ⓘ surface form: Central Valley of California
sourceLocation	Sierra Nevada ⓘ surface form: Sierra Nevada, California
sourceRegion	Sierra Nevada ⓘ
state	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
supportsSpecies	Sierra Nevada wildlife ⓘ brown trout ⓘ rainbow trout ⓘ
tributaryOf	San Joaquin River ⓘ
usedFor	camping ⓘ fishing ⓘ kayaking ⓘ whitewater rafting ⓘ
USGSHydrologicUnit	San Joaquin River Basin ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

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

Swinging Bridge area → adjacentTo → Merced River ⓘ

Nevada Fall Footbridge → crosses → Merced River ⓘ

Vernal Fall Footbridge → crosses → Merced River ⓘ

Sierra Nevada foothills → drainedBy → Merced River ⓘ

Mist Trail → followsWatercourse → Merced River ⓘ

Merced River → hasTributary → Merced River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Fork Merced River

Merced River → hasTributary → Merced River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Fork Merced River

San Joaquin River → hasTributary → Merced River ⓘ

Nevada Fall → inflowsFrom → Merced River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Merced River above Little Yosemite Valley

Yosemite Valley → knownFor → Merced River ⓘ

Emerald Pool → locatedIn → Merced River ⓘ

Merced → locatedOnRiver → Merced River ⓘ

Merced → namedAfter → Merced River ⓘ

Vernal Fall Footbridge → nearbyFeature → Merced River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Merced River canyon

Four Mile Trail → offersViewOf → Merced River ⓘ

Vernal Fall Footbridge → offersViewOf → Merced River ⓘ

Glacier Point → offersViewOfRiver → Merced River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Merced River (in Yosemite Valley)

Nevada Fall → onRiver → Merced River ⓘ

Nevada Fall → outflowsTo → Merced River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Merced River below Nevada Fall

Liberty Cap → overlooks → Merced River ⓘ

Bridalveil Creek → partOf → Merced River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Merced River watershed

Emerald Pool → partOf → Merced River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Merced River watershed

Little Yosemite Valley → partOf → Merced River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Merced River drainage

Nevada Fall → partOf → Merced River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Merced River watershed

Silver Apron → partOf → Merced River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Merced River corridor

Vernal Fall → partOf → Merced River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Merced River system

Merced River → recreationArea → Merced River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Merced River Recreation Management Area

Yosemite National Park → river → Merced River ⓘ

Little Yosemite Valley → traversedBy → Merced River ⓘ

Yosemite Valley → traversedBy → Merced River ⓘ

San Joaquin River → tributary → Merced River ⓘ

Tenaya Canyon → tributaryOf → Merced River ⓘ

Tunnel View → viewIncludes → Merced River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Merced River canyon

Mist Trail → viewOf → Merced River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Merced River canyon

Emerald Pool → watercourse → Merced River ⓘ

Nevada Fall → watercourse → Merced River ⓘ

Vernal Fall → watercourse → Merced River ⓘ