Little Blue River

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river

Little Blue River is a tributary of the Missouri River in western Missouri, flowing through the Kansas City metropolitan area including Independence.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Blue River (Missouri) 1
East Fork Little Blue River 1
Little Blue River (nearby waterway) 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainageBasin Missouri River drainage basin ⓘ
environmentalIssue flooding risk ⓘ
urban runoff pollution ⓘ
flowsGenerally northeastward ⓘ
northward ⓘ
flowsThrough Independence, Missouri ⓘ
Jackson County, Missouri ⓘ
Kansas City metropolitan area ⓘ
hasTributary Little Blue River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: East Fork Little Blue River

West Fork Little Blue River ⓘ
hasUse recreation ⓘ
stormwater drainage ⓘ
wildlife habitat ⓘ
hasWatershed Little Blue River watershed ⓘ
locatedIn Missouri ⓘ
western Missouri ⓘ
locatedNear Independence, Missouri ⓘ
Kansas City, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: Kansas City, Missouri
mouth Missouri River ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Missouri ⓘ
namedAfter Blue River (color-related name origin) ⓘ
partOf Missouri River Basin ⓘ
surface form: Missouri River basin

Missouri River Basin ⓘ
surface form: Missouri River watershed
region Midwestern United States ⓘ
tributaryOf Missouri River ⓘ
watercourseType tributary ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Jackson County, Missouri → crossedBy → Little Blue River ⓘ
subject surface form: Independence, Missouri
Little Blue River → hasTributary → Little Blue River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Fork Little Blue River
Raytown, Missouri → locatedNear → Little Blue River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blue River (Missouri)
Independence → locatedOn → Little Blue River ⓘ
subject surface form: Independence, Missouri
this entity surface form: Little Blue River (nearby waterway)