Virgin River watershed
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The Virgin River watershed is a drainage basin in the arid southwestern United States that collects and channels water from numerous tributaries through Utah, Arizona, and Nevada into the Colorado River.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drainage basin
ⓘ
river basin ⓘ watershed ⓘ |
| climate | arid ⓘ |
| containsCity |
Hurricane, Utah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
La Verkin, Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesquite, Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ Springdale, Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ St. George, Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsProtectedArea |
Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gold Butte National Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Cliffs National Conservation Area NERFINISHED ⓘ Zion National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsReservation |
Moapa River Indian Reservation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shivwits Band of Paiutes Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsTown |
Ivins, Utah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rockville, Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ Santa Clara, Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgin, Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crossesPhysiographicProvince |
Basin and Range Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colorado Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ Mojave Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drainsInto | Colorado River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecoregion |
Colorado Plateau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mojave Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
irrigated agriculture
ⓘ
rangeland ⓘ urban development ⓘ |
| hydrologicRegion | Colorado River Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arizona
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ Southwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Utah ⓘ |
| majorWaterIssue |
flash flooding
ⓘ
habitat degradation ⓘ sedimentation ⓘ water scarcity ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Virgin River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Lower Colorado River Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| river | Virgin River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tributary |
Ash Creek
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Beaver Dam Wash NERFINISHED ⓘ East Fork Virgin River NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Pearce Wash NERFINISHED ⓘ La Verkin Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Muddy River (Nevada) NERFINISHED ⓘ North Fork Virgin River NERFINISHED ⓘ Santa Clara River (Utah) NERFINISHED ⓘ Shivwits Plateau drainages ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.