Colorado River

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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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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
Colorado River Basin 3
Colorado River basin 3
Colorado River (border section) 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 (90)

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

Cocopa language → associatedRiver → Colorado River ⓘ
Yuman peoples → associatedRiver → Colorado River ⓘ
Nevada → borderFeature → Colorado River ⓘ
Mohave County, Arizona → borderFormedBy → Colorado River ⓘ
Imperial County → borderRiver → Colorado River ⓘ
Needles, California → borderRiver → Colorado River ⓘ
La Paz County, Arizona → bordersRiver → Colorado River ⓘ
Mohave County, Arizona → contains → Colorado River ⓘ
San Bernardino County → contains → Colorado River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colorado River (border section)
southwestern United States → contains → Colorado River ⓘ
subject surface form: Southwestern United States
U.S. Route 93 (historically) → crossed → Colorado River ⓘ
Sonoran Desert → crossedBy → Colorado River ⓘ
Davis Dam → crosses → Colorado River ⓘ
Interstate 10 → crossesRiver → Colorado River ⓘ
Sawatch Range → drainage → Colorado River ⓘ
Colorado River → drainageBasin → Colorado River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colorado River Basin
Canyonlands National Park → drainageBy → Colorado River ⓘ
Uinta Mountains → drainageTo → Colorado River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colorado River basin
Wasatch Range → drainageTo → Colorado River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colorado River basin
Colorado Plateau → drainedBy → Colorado River ⓘ
U.S.–Mexico border → followsRiver → Colorado River ⓘ
Yuma County, Arizona → hasBorderRiver → Colorado River ⓘ
Gulf of California → hasInflow → Colorado River ⓘ
U.S. state of Arizona → hasMajorRiver → Colorado River ⓘ
subject surface form: Arizona
CRIT → hasMajorRiver → Colorado River ⓘ
Colorado → hasMajorRiver → Colorado River ⓘ
Mountain States → hasMajorRiver → Colorado River ⓘ
Riverside County → hasMajorRiver → Colorado River ⓘ
Eldorado Mountains → hasViewOf → Colorado River ⓘ
Piipaash → historicallyAssociatedWith → Colorado River ⓘ
this entity surface form: delta del Río Colorado
Lake Mead → inflow → Colorado River ⓘ
Lake Mohave → inflow → Colorado River ⓘ
Imperial County → irrigationSource → Colorado River ⓘ
CRIT → locatedAlong → Colorado River ⓘ
subject surface form: San Luis, Arizona
Fort Yuma Indian Reservation → locatedOn → Colorado River ⓘ
Gigafactory Texas → locatedOn → Colorado River ⓘ
Lake Mohave → locatedOn → Colorado River ⓘ
Needles, California → locatedOn → Colorado River ⓘ
Davis Dam → locatedOnRiver → Colorado River ⓘ
Hoover Dam → locatedOnRiver → Colorado River ⓘ
Lake Mead → locatedOnRiver → Colorado River ⓘ