Big Sandy River

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river

The Big Sandy River is a tributary of the Ohio River in the eastern United States that forms part of the border between Kentucky and West Virginia and drains a largely rural, Appalachian watershed.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Big Sandy River basin 4
Big Sandy River system 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Big Sandy NERFINISHED ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
borderFunction forms part of the Kentucky–West Virginia border ⓘ
confluenceLocation near Louisa, Kentucky ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainageBasinCharacteristic largely rural watershed ⓘ
drainsPortionOf eastern Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
southwestern West Virginia ⓘ
drainsRegion Appalachian region NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivityInBasin coal mining ⓘ
natural gas production ⓘ
timber harvesting ⓘ
environmentalContext coal-mining region ⓘ
environmentalIssue water quality impacts from mining and industry ⓘ
flowsInto Ohio River at the Kentucky–West Virginia–Ohio tri-state area ⓘ
flowsThrough Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedByConfluenceOf Levisa Fork NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tug Fork NERFINISHED ⓘ
formsBorderBetween Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMouthElevation approximately 515 feet above sea level ⓘ
hasTributary Levisa Fork NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tug Fork NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasValley Big Sandy Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalUse coal transport ⓘ
timber transport ⓘ
length approximately 29 miles ⓘ
locatedIn eastern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
mouthLocatedAt Ohio River near Catlettsburg, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Ohio River NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyCityAtMouth Catlettsburg, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kenova, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Ohio River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesNear Fort Gay, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Louisa, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Appalachia NERFINISHED ⓘ
riverSystem Mississippi River watershed via the Ohio River ⓘ
stateBorderBetween Boyd County, Kentucky and Wayne County, West Virginia ⓘ
Lawrence County, Kentucky and Martin County, Kentucky via forks ⓘ
Lawrence County, Kentucky and Wayne County, West Virginia ⓘ
tributaryOf Ohio River NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor navigation in its lower reaches ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Virginia–West Virginia boundary → follows → Big Sandy River ⓘ
Kentucky and Missouri → borderDefinedByRiver → Big Sandy River ⓘ
subject surface form: Kentucky
High Knob → drainageDivideFor → Big Sandy River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Big Sandy River basin
Ohio River basin → hasTributaryBasin → Big Sandy River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Big Sandy River basin
eastern Kentucky → contains → Big Sandy River ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Kentucky
this entity surface form: Big Sandy River basin
Tug Fork → mouthOfWatercourse → Big Sandy River ⓘ
Tug Fork → tributaryOf → Big Sandy River ⓘ
Tug Fork → partOf → Big Sandy River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Big Sandy River basin
Tug Fork → riverSystem → Big Sandy River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Big Sandy River system