Big Thompson River

E310294

river watercourse

The Big Thompson River is a Colorado waterway that flows eastward from the Rocky Mountains through canyons and foothills before joining the South Platte River, known both for its scenic beauty and for the devastating 1976 flash flood along its course.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Big Thompson River canonical	8
Big Thompson Canyon	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ watercourse ⓘ
basinCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crosses	Colorado State Highway 34 corridor ⓘ
drainageBasin	eastern Colorado ⓘ
ecosystemType	foothills river ⓘ montane river ⓘ
floodDate	31 July 1976 ⓘ
floodDeathToll	over 140 people in 1976 flood ⓘ
floodType	flash flood ⓘ
flowDirection	east ⓘ
flowsThrough	Big Thompson River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Big Thompson Canyon Drake, Colorado ⓘ Estes Park, Colorado ⓘ Loveland, Colorado ⓘ Rocky Mountain National Park ⓘ
geologicalFeature	canyon-cutting river ⓘ
hasCanyon	Big Thompson Valley ⓘ surface form: Big Thompson Canyon
hasFloodEvent	1976 Big Thompson Canyon flood ⓘ surface form: 1976 Big Thompson River flood
hasInfrastructure	dams and diversion structures ⓘ
hasMajorFlood	1976 flash flood ⓘ
hasValley	Big Thompson Valley ⓘ
hasWildlife	riparian bird species ⓘ trout ⓘ
inflowsTo	Carter Lake via diversions ⓘ
knownFor	1976 Big Thompson Canyon flood ⓘ scenic beauty ⓘ
locatedIn	Colorado ⓘ Larimer County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ Rocky Mountains ⓘ
mouthOfWaterBody	South Platte River ⓘ
nearbyCity	Estes Park, Colorado ⓘ Fort Collins, Colorado, United States ⓘ surface form: Fort Collins, Colorado Loveland, Colorado ⓘ
partOf	South Platte River ⓘ surface form: South Platte River watershed
recreation	fishing ⓘ hiking along river corridor ⓘ whitewater rafting ⓘ
region	Front Range Urban Corridor ⓘ
riverSystem	Mississippi River basin ⓘ Missouri River Basin ⓘ surface form: Missouri River basin
sourceLocation	Front Range, Colorado ⓘ surface form: Front Range
state	Colorado ⓘ
tributaryOf	South Platte River ⓘ
usedFor	irrigation ⓘ municipal water supply ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Front Range of the Rocky Mountains → drainedBy → Big Thompson River ⓘ

Loveland → hasRiver → Big Thompson River ⓘ

subject surface form: Loveland, Colorado

Colorado-Big Thompson Project → affectsRiver → Big Thompson River ⓘ

Moraine Park → hydrologyFeature → Big Thompson River ⓘ

Estes Park, Colorado → traversedBy → Big Thompson River ⓘ

Larimer County, Colorado → containsWaterBody → Big Thompson River ⓘ

Loveland, Colorado → locatedOn → Big Thompson River ⓘ

Big Thompson River → flowsThrough → Big Thompson River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Big Thompson Canyon

Northern Colorado → hasRiver → Big Thompson River ⓘ