Tuolumne River

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river watercourse

The Tuolumne River is a major Sierra Nevada waterway in California known for its scenic alpine meadows, deep granite canyons, and popular whitewater rafting and fishing opportunities.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Tuolumne River watershed 2
Lyell Fork of the Tuolumne River watershed 1
Middle Fork Tuolumne River 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
watercourse ⓘ
basinArea approximately 1500 square miles ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
flowsThrough Hetch Hetchy Valley ⓘ
Modesto ⓘ
Stanislaus National Forest ⓘ
Tuolumne Meadows ⓘ
Yosemite National Park ⓘ
formsReservoir Don Pedro Reservoir ⓘ
Hetch Hetchy Valley ⓘ
surface form: Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
hasDam La Grange Dam ⓘ
New Don Pedro Dam ⓘ
O'Shaughnessy Dam ⓘ
hasDesignation Wild and Scenic River ⓘ
hasPart Clavey River ⓘ
Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne ⓘ
Hetch Hetchy Valley ⓘ
surface form: Hetch Hetchy Reservoir

Tuolumne Meadows ⓘ
hasTributary Cherry Creek ⓘ
Clavey River ⓘ
Tuolumne River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Middle Fork Tuolumne River

Tuolumne River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: South Fork Tuolumne River
knownFor fishing ⓘ
granite canyons ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
scenic alpine meadows ⓘ
whitewater rafting ⓘ
length approximately 240 miles ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Central California ⓘ
Northern California ⓘ
Sierra Nevada ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn San Joaquin River ⓘ
partOf Central Valley ⓘ
surface form: Central Valley watershed

San Joaquin River ⓘ
surface form: San Joaquin River watershed
protectedBy National Wild and Scenic Rivers System units ⓘ
surface form: National Wild and Scenic Rivers System
sourceLocation High Sierra ⓘ
Sierra Nevada ⓘ
state California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
tributaryOf San Joaquin River ⓘ
usedFor hydroelectricity ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
waterSupplyFor San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
surface form: Bay Area

San Francisco ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Stanislaus National Forest → contains → Tuolumne River ⓘ
Sierra Nevada foothills → drainedBy → Tuolumne River ⓘ
Mount Lyell → drainsInto → Tuolumne River ⓘ
Tuolumne County → hasMajorRiver → Tuolumne River ⓘ
Tuolumne County → hasNameOrigin → Tuolumne River ⓘ
Jamestown → hasNearbyWaterBody → Tuolumne River ⓘ
subject surface form: Jamestown, California
Stanislaus County → hasRiver → Tuolumne River ⓘ
San Joaquin River → hasTributary → Tuolumne River ⓘ
Tuolumne River → hasTributary → Tuolumne River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Fork Tuolumne River
Tuolumne River → hasTributary → Tuolumne River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Fork Tuolumne River
this entity surface form: Tuolumne River watershed
Mount Lyell → isPartOf → Tuolumne River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lyell Fork of the Tuolumne River watershed
Modesto → locatedOnRiver → Tuolumne River ⓘ
Tuolumne Meadows → namedAfter → Tuolumne River ⓘ
Tioga Lake → partOf → Tuolumne River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tuolumne River watershed
Yosemite National Park → river → Tuolumne River ⓘ
San Joaquin River → tributary → Tuolumne River ⓘ