Matadero Creek

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creek

Matadero Creek is a small waterway in Palo Alto, California, that flows through urban areas and wetlands before emptying into the San Francisco Bay.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Matadero Creek canonical	1

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	creek ⓘ
adjacentTo	Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course (historical alignment) NERFINISHED ⓘ
basinCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Santa Clara County NERFINISHED ⓘ
crosses	Bayshore Freeway NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Highway 101 NERFINISHED ⓘ
ecosystemType	riparian corridor ⓘ
environmentalIssue	flooding risk during heavy storms ⓘ urban runoff pollution ⓘ
flowsInto	San Francisco Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
flowsThrough	urban areas of Palo Alto ⓘ wetlands near the San Francisco Bay ⓘ
hasBridge	East Bayshore Road bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Embarcadero Road bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTributary	Permanente Creek diversion channel (seasonal/engineered) ⓘ
locatedIn	Palo Alto, California NERFINISHED ⓘ San Francisco Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ South San Francisco Bay shoreline zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy	Santa Clara Valley Water District NERFINISHED ⓘ
mouthLocation	San Francisco Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanford University vicinity ⓘ
partOf	San Francisquito Creek watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
state	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
subjectOf	local flood control projects ⓘ
usedFor	urban stormwater drainage ⓘ
watercourseType	perennial stream ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Matadero Creek
Description of subject: Matadero Creek is a small waterway in Palo Alto, California, that flows through urban areas and wetlands before emptying into the San Francisco Bay.

Referenced by (1)

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

Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve → hasPart → Matadero Creek ⓘ