Owyhee River

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The Owyhee River is a remote, scenic river in the Great Basin region of the western United States, known for its deep desert canyons, whitewater rafting, and important wildlife habitat.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crossesBorder Oregon–Idaho border ⓘ
surface form: Idaho–Oregon border

Nevada–Idaho border ⓘ
flowsThrough Idaho ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
habitatFor bighorn sheep ⓘ
raptors ⓘ
sagebrush-dependent species ⓘ
hasDam Owyhee Dam ⓘ
hasDesignation wild and scenic river (on some segments) ⓘ
hasFeature canyon ⓘ
cliffs ⓘ
desert landscape ⓘ
hasTributary Crooked Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jordan Creek ⓘ
Middle Fork Owyhee River ⓘ
North Fork Owyhee River ⓘ
South Fork Owyhee River ⓘ
knownFor deep desert canyons ⓘ
important wildlife habitat ⓘ
remote wilderness character ⓘ
whitewater rafting ⓘ
languageOriginOfName corruption of "Hawaii" ⓘ
locatedIn Great Basin ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
locatedInEcoregion sagebrush steppe ⓘ
managesBy U.S. Bureau of Land Management ⓘ
surface form: Bureau of Land Management
mouthLocation Snake River ⓘ
near Adrian, Oregon ⓘ
nameRefersTo Hawaiian trappers who disappeared in the region ⓘ
OwyheeDamLocation near Nyssa, Oregon ⓘ
OwyheeDamUse irrigation water storage ⓘ
partOf Owyhee River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Owyhee River drainage basin
passesThrough Elko County ⓘ
surface form: Elko County, Nevada

Malheur County, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Owyhee County, Idaho ⓘ
protectedAreaWithin Owyhee Canyonlands (Oregon portion) ⓘ
surface form: Owyhee Canyonlands (Idaho and Oregon BLM lands)
recreationSeason spring (for whitewater boating) ⓘ
region Great Basin Desert ⓘ
sourceLocation Northern Nevada ⓘ
surface form: northern Nevada
tributaryOf Snake River ⓘ
usedFor camping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
whitewater boating ⓘ

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

Snake River → hasTributary → Owyhee River ⓘ
Owyhee Desert → hasHydrologyFeature → Owyhee River ⓘ
eastern Oregon → hasRiver → Owyhee River ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Oregon
Owyhee Canyonlands (Oregon portion) → partOf → Owyhee River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Owyhee River watershed
Owyhee Canyonlands (Oregon portion) → traversedBy → Owyhee River ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Fork Owyhee River
Owyhee Canyonlands (Oregon portion) → traversedBy → Owyhee River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Fork Owyhee River
Owyhee Canyonlands (Oregon portion) → traversedBy → Owyhee River ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Fork Owyhee River
Owyhee Canyonlands (Oregon portion) → containsProtectedArea → Owyhee River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Owyhee Wild and Scenic River segments
Malheur County (partial) → hasRiver → Owyhee River ⓘ
subject surface form: Malheur County, Oregon
Owyhee → namedAfter → Owyhee River ⓘ
subject surface form: Owyhee, Nevada
Oregon scenic waterways → hasPart → Owyhee River ⓘ
Owyhee River → partOf → Owyhee River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Owyhee River drainage basin