Detroit River

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international waterway river strait

The Detroit River is a strait of the Great Lakes system that forms part of the border between the United States and Canada, connecting Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie and serving as a major shipping and industrial waterway.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Detroit River watershed 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international waterway ⓘ
river ⓘ
strait ⓘ
averageWidth about 0.5 to 2.5 miles ⓘ
about 0.8 to 4 kilometers ⓘ
basinCountry Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
connectsWaterBody Lake Erie NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake St. Clair ⓘ
countryBorderBetween Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crossedBy Ambassador Bridge ⓘ
Detroit–Windsor Tunnel ⓘ
Grosse Ile Toll Bridge ⓘ
surface form: Grosse Ile Parkway Bridge

Grosse Ile Toll Bridge ⓘ
flowsDirection generally southward ⓘ
flowsThrough Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan

Windsor, Ontario ⓘ
formsBorderBetween Michigan ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
hasDesignation American Heritage River ⓘ
Canadian Heritage River ⓘ
hasIsland Belle Isle Park ⓘ
surface form: Belle Isle

Bois Blanc Island (Boblo Island) ⓘ
Fighting Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grosse Ile ⓘ
hasWildlifeHabitat fish spawning grounds ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ
historicalUse fur trade route ⓘ
military strategic waterway ⓘ
knownFor environmental remediation efforts ⓘ
heavy historical industrialization ⓘ
length about 28 miles ⓘ
about 44 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Midwestern United States ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
surface form: Ontario, Canada
locatedInEcoregion Great Lakes region ⓘ
surface form: Great Lakes Basin
majorCityOnBank Detroit ⓘ
Windsor ⓘ
majorUse boating ⓘ
commercial shipping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
industrial waterway ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
mouth Lake Erie NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Great Lakes ⓘ
surface form: Great Lakes system

Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system ⓘ
surface form: St. Lawrence Seaway system
source Lake St. Clair ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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

Cobo Center → adjacentTo → Detroit River ⓘ
Metro Detroit → borders → Detroit River ⓘ
Lake St. Clair → connectedBy → Detroit River ⓘ
Wayne County, Michigan → contains → Detroit River ⓘ
Wayne County → crossedBy → Detroit River ⓘ
Wayne County, Michigan → hasBorderOn → Detroit River ⓘ
Ecorse, Michigan → hasRiver → Detroit River ⓘ
Renaissance Center → hasViewOf → Detroit River ⓘ
Lake Erie → inflowsFrom → Detroit River ⓘ
Renaissance Center → isLocatedNear → Detroit River ⓘ
Belle Isle Park → locatedIn → Detroit River ⓘ
Ford River Rouge Complex → locatedNear → Detroit River ⓘ
Allen Park, Michigan → locatedOn → Detroit River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Detroit River watershed
The D → locatedOn → Detroit River ⓘ
subject surface form: Detroit
Detroit metropolitan area → locatedOn → Detroit River ⓘ
Ecorse, Michigan → locatedOn → Detroit River ⓘ
Great Lakes Works → locatedOn → Detroit River ⓘ
Windsor, Ontario → locatedOn → Detroit River ⓘ
Detroit → locatedOnRiver → Detroit River ⓘ
River Rouge → mouthLocation → Detroit River ⓘ
Lake St. Clair → outflow → Detroit River ⓘ
Belle Isle Park → river → Detroit River ⓘ
Windsor, Ontario → river → Detroit River ⓘ
Detroit metropolitan area → servedBy → Detroit River ⓘ
Southeast Michigan → traversedBy → Detroit River ⓘ
River Rouge → tributaryOf → Detroit River ⓘ