Upper Rio Grande Basin

E473907
headwaters region river basin

The Upper Rio Grande Basin is a major headwaters region of the Rio Grande that encompasses high-elevation valleys and watersheds in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico, providing critical water resources for agriculture, ecosystems, and downstream communities.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Northern Rio Grande 1
Upper Rio Grande Basin canonical 1
Upper Rio Grande region 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf headwaters region ⓘ
river basin ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainsInto Rio Grande NERFINISHED ⓘ
ecoregion Colorado Plateau transition NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
facesIssue climate change impacts on snowpack ⓘ
drought vulnerability ⓘ
groundwater-surface water interaction concerns ⓘ
water scarcity ⓘ
hasClimate alpine in headwaters ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
hasFeature high-elevation valleys ⓘ
mountain watersheds ⓘ
hasLandUse forested uplands ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
rangeland ⓘ
headwatersOf Rio Grande mainstem NERFINISHED ⓘ
hydrologicRegionOf Rio Grande NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesRiverReach upper Rio Grande ⓘ
includesState Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
isUpstreamOf Lower Rio Grande Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle Rio Grande Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn northern New Mexico ⓘ
southern Colorado ⓘ
managedBy federal agencies ⓘ
local irrigation districts ⓘ
state water agencies ⓘ
partOf Rio Grande Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
providesResource groundwater recharge ⓘ
irrigation water ⓘ
surface water ⓘ
supportsCommunity downstream urban centers ⓘ
rural communities ⓘ
tribal communities ⓘ
supportsHabitat cold-water fisheries ⓘ
riparian ecosystems ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
supportsUse agriculture ⓘ
ecosystem services ⓘ
livestock watering ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
waterIsAllocatedFor compact deliveries to downstream states ⓘ
waterSource mountain precipitation ⓘ
snowmelt ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

San Luis Valley → partOf → Upper Rio Grande Basin ⓘ
Hispanos of New Mexico → culturalRegion → Upper Rio Grande Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Rio Grande region
Nambé Pueblo → hasCulturalRegion → Upper Rio Grande Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Rio Grande