Owens River

E79562

river

The Owens River is a river in eastern California that flows through the Owens Valley along the eastern Sierra Nevada and has been central to the region’s water supply and environmental history.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Owens River canonical	15
Owens River watershed	7
Owens River basin	3
Upper Owens River	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ
associatedWithProject	Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles Aqueduct project
basinArea	Owens River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Owens River watershed
basinCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crossedBy	U.S. Route 395 NERFINISHED ⓘ
divertedBy	Los Angeles Department of Water and Power ⓘ
ecosystem	arid valley riparian corridor ⓘ
environmentalIssue	dust pollution from dry Owens Lake bed ⓘ reduced river flows due to diversions ⓘ
fishSpecies	brown trout ⓘ rainbow trout ⓘ
flowsInto	Owens Lake ⓘ
flowsThrough	Long Valley Caldera ⓘ Owens Valley ⓘ
formerOutflow	Owens Lake ⓘ
hasSegment	Lower Owens River ⓘ Owens River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Upper Owens River
historicalEventAssociated	Owens Valley water wars ⓘ surface form: California water wars
historicalPeopleAssociated	William Mulholland ⓘ
hydrologicType	endorheic basin river ⓘ
knownFor	contribution to desiccation of Owens Lake ⓘ environmental conflicts over water diversion ⓘ role in California water politics ⓘ
length	approximately 183 miles ⓘ approximately 295 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn	Bishop, California ⓘ surface form: Bishop, California region Inyo County, California ⓘ Mono County, California ⓘ Owens Valley ⓘ eastern California ⓘ
majorTributary	Big Pine Creek ⓘ Bishop Creek ⓘ Convict Creek ⓘ Hot Creek ⓘ Rock Creek (Owens River tributary) ⓘ Tinemaha Creek ⓘ
mountainRangeOnEast	White Mountains (California) ⓘ
mountainRangeOnWest	Sierra Nevada ⓘ
mouthLocation	Owens Lake ⓘ surface form: Owens Lake basin
namedAfter	Richard Owens ⓘ
partOf	Great Basin ⓘ surface form: Great Basin hydrologic region
recreation	fly fishing ⓘ rafting and kayaking in some reaches ⓘ
restorationProject	Lower Owens River Project ⓘ
sourceRegion	Long Valley Caldera ⓘ surface form: Long Valley near Mammoth Lakes Eastern Sierra ⓘ surface form: Sierra Nevada eastern slope
state	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
waterExportedTo	Los Angeles ⓘ
waterSupplyFor	Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

Inyo County, California → contains → Owens River ⓘ

Owens Valley → hasRiver → Owens River ⓘ

Lone Pine, California → locatedNear → Owens River ⓘ

North Palisade → drainage → Owens River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Owens River watershed

eastern California → contains → Owens River ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern California

Inyo Mountains → drainageTo → Owens River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Owens River basin

Owens River → basinArea → Owens River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Owens River watershed

Owens River → hasSegment → Owens River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Owens River

Owens Lake → primaryInflow → Owens River ⓘ

Owens Valley water wars → involves → Owens River ⓘ

Los Angeles Aqueduct → startPoint → Owens River ⓘ

Los Angeles Aqueduct → waterSource → Owens River ⓘ

Big Pine, California → locatedNear → Owens River ⓘ

Bishop Creek drainage → hydrologicUnitOf → Owens River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Owens River basin

Bishop, California → nearWaterBody → Owens River ⓘ

Sierra Nevada river system → hasMajorRiver → Owens River ⓘ

Thunderbolt Peak → drainageDivideBetween → Owens River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Owens River watershed

Crowley Lake → watercourse → Owens River ⓘ

Crowley Lake → inflow → Owens River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Owens River

Crowley Lake → outflow → Owens River ⓘ

Crowley Lake → partOf → Owens River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Owens River watershed

Lower Owens River → partOf → Owens River ⓘ

Lower Owens River → waterSource → Owens River ⓘ

Lower Owens River → basin → Owens River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Owens River watershed

Owens Valley Paiute → traditionalTerritory → Owens River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Owens River watershed

Rock Creek (Owens River tributary) → partOf → Owens River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Owens River watershed

Palisade Glacier → drainageBasin → Owens River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Owens River basin