Colorado River

E36087

intermittent international river river

The Colorado River is a major waterway of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, renowned for carving the Grand Canyon and serving as a crucial water source for arid regions and Indigenous communities.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Colorado River canonical	242
Lower Colorado River	5
Colorado River Basin	3
Colorado River basin	3
Colorado River (Southwestern United States)	1
Colorado River (border section)	1
Colorado River (formerly Grand River)	1
Colorado River (via irrigation canals)	1
Colorado River Valley	1
Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam	1
Colorado River headwaters	1
Colorado River system	1
Delta del Río Colorado	1
Grand River (former name of the upper Colorado River)	1
Muddy River–Virgin River–Colorado River system	1
delta del Río Colorado	1
lower Colorado River	1

Statements (85)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intermittent international river ⓘ river ⓘ
basinSize	about 640000 square kilometers ⓘ
borderOf	Arizona ⓘ California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Nevada ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dischargeLocation	Gulf of California ⓘ
drainageBasin	Colorado River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Colorado River Basin
environmentalIssue	habitat loss in the delta ⓘ overallocation of water rights ⓘ reduced flow to the delta ⓘ
flowsThrough	Arizona ⓘ Baja California ⓘ California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Colorado ⓘ Nevada ⓘ Sonora ⓘ Utah ⓘ
governedBy	Colorado River Compact ⓘ Law of the River ⓘ
hasDam	Davis Dam ⓘ Glen Canyon Dam ⓘ Hoover Dam ⓘ Imperial Dam ⓘ Parker Dam ⓘ
hasReservoir	Lake Havasu ⓘ Lake Mead ⓘ Lake Powell ⓘ
hasTributary	Dolores River ⓘ Gila River ⓘ Green River ⓘ Little Colorado River ⓘ San Juan River ⓘ Virgin River ⓘ
historicallyEmptiedInto	Gulf of California ⓘ
knownFor	carving the Grand Canyon ⓘ hydroelectric power generation ⓘ large irrigation projects ⓘ major water source for arid regions ⓘ water supply to major U.S. cities ⓘ
length	about 1450 miles ⓘ about 2330 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn	North America ⓘ Northern Mexico ⓘ southwestern United States ⓘ surface form: Southwestern United States
lowerBasinStates	Arizona ⓘ California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Nevada ⓘ
mouthLocation	Gulf of California ⓘ Gulf of California ⓘ surface form: Sea of Cortez
namedAfter	Colorado ⓘ surface form: Colorado Territory
partOf	Colorado River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Colorado River Basin
passesThrough	Black Canyon ⓘ Lake Powell ⓘ surface form: Glen Canyon Grand Canyon National Park ⓘ surface form: Grand Canyon
recreationActivity	boating ⓘ camping along its banks ⓘ fishing ⓘ whitewater rafting ⓘ
servesAsWaterSourceFor	Colorado River Indian Tribes ⓘ Hopi Tribe of Arizona ⓘ surface form: Hopi Tribe Indigenous communities ⓘ Navajo Nation ⓘ Quechan people ⓘ surface form: Quechan Tribe
sourceLocation	Colorado ⓘ Rocky Mountains ⓘ
subjectTo	climate change impacts ⓘ drought ⓘ water allocation disputes ⓘ
supports	agriculture in the Imperial Valley ⓘ agriculture in the Palo Verde Valley ⓘ agriculture in the Yuma area ⓘ
upperBasinStates	Colorado ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Utah ⓘ Wyoming ⓘ
usedFor	hydroelectric power ⓘ irrigation ⓘ municipal water supply ⓘ navigation in some reaches ⓘ recreation ⓘ
waterSharedBy	Mexico ⓘ seven U.S. basin states ⓘ

Referenced by (266)

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

Mojave people → primaryRiver → Colorado River ⓘ

Nevada → lowestPoint → Colorado River ⓘ

Nevada → borderFeature → Colorado River ⓘ

U.S. state of Arizona → hasMajorRiver → Colorado River ⓘ

subject surface form: Arizona

Mountain States → hasMajorRiver → Colorado River ⓘ

Hoover Dam → locatedOnRiver → Colorado River ⓘ

Colorado River Indian Tribes → locatedOnRiver → Colorado River ⓘ

U.S.–Mexico border → followsRiver → Colorado River ⓘ

southwestern United States → contains → Colorado River ⓘ

subject surface form: Southwestern United States

Quechan people → riverineCulture → Colorado River ⓘ

Lake Mead National Recreation Area → follows → Colorado River ⓘ

Lake Mead National Recreation Area → containsBodyOfWater → Colorado River ⓘ

Sonoran Desert → crossedBy → Colorado River ⓘ

Cocopa language → associatedRiver → Colorado River ⓘ

Colorado River near present-day Needles, California → partOf → Colorado River ⓘ

Mojave Road Mailbox → onRouteBetween → Colorado River ⓘ

Needles, California → locatedOn → Colorado River ⓘ

Needles, California → borderRiver → Colorado River ⓘ

Needles, California → nearestMajorRiver → Colorado River ⓘ

Lower Colorado River region → namedAfter → Colorado River ⓘ

Lower Colorado River region → partOf → Colorado River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colorado River basin

Lower Colorado River region → traversedBy → Colorado River ⓘ

Fort Mojave area → partOf → Colorado River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colorado River Valley

Fort Mojave area → traversedBy → Colorado River ⓘ

Grand Junction, Colorado → locatedOnRiver → Colorado River ⓘ

Grand Junction, Colorado → namedAfter → Colorado River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grand River (former name of the upper Colorado River)

Gigafactory Texas → locatedOn → Colorado River ⓘ

Colorado Plateau → drainedBy → Colorado River ⓘ

Rocky Mountains → majorRiverSourceFor → Colorado River ⓘ

Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation → locatedOn → Colorado River ⓘ

Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation → borderedBy → Colorado River ⓘ

Wasatch Range → drainageTo → Colorado River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colorado River basin

Riverside County → hasMajorRiver → Colorado River ⓘ

Bureau of Reclamation → serviceArea → Colorado River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colorado River Basin

Imperial County → irrigationSource → Colorado River ⓘ

Imperial County → borderRiver → Colorado River ⓘ

San Bernardino County → contains → Colorado River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colorado River (border section)

Grand Canyon National Park → traversedBy → Colorado River ⓘ

Grand Canyon National Park → lowestPoint → Colorado River ⓘ

Colorado River → partOf → Colorado River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colorado River Basin

Colorado River → drainageBasin → Colorado River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colorado River Basin

Yuma, Arizona → locatedOnRiver → Colorado River ⓘ

Lake Mead → locatedOnRiver → Colorado River ⓘ

Lake Mead → inflow → Colorado River ⓘ

Lake Mead → outflow → Colorado River ⓘ

U.S. Route 93 (historically) → crossed → Colorado River ⓘ

San Luis, Arizona, United States → locatedNear → Colorado River ⓘ

subject surface form: San Luis, Arizona

Uinta Mountains → drainageTo → Colorado River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colorado River basin

Gulf of California → hasInflow → Colorado River ⓘ

Colorado → hasMajorRiver → Colorado River ⓘ