Cuyahoga River

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river

The Cuyahoga River is a historically significant river in northeastern Ohio, known for its industrial past, infamous pollution and fires in the 20th century, and its role in spurring the modern U.S. environmental movement.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Cuyahoga River canonical	21
Black River at Lake Erie	1
Cuyahoga River (western boundary in some definitions)	1
Cuyahoga River mouth	1
Little Cuyahoga River	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ
associatedWith	Cuyahoga Valley National Park ⓘ
cityLocatedAtMouth	Cleveland ⓘ surface form: Cleveland, Ohio
country	United States of America ⓘ
currentUse	boating ⓘ fishing ⓘ recreation ⓘ wildlife habitat ⓘ
environmentalStatusHistory	heavily polluted in mid-20th century ⓘ subject to major cleanup and restoration efforts ⓘ
etymology	name derived from a Native American language ⓘ often interpreted as "crooked river" ⓘ
featuredIn	Time magazine coverage of river pollution in 1969 ⓘ
flowsInto	Lake Erie ⓘ
flowsThrough	Cuyahoga County ⓘ surface form: Cuyahoga County, Ohio Geauga County, Ohio ⓘ Portage County, Ohio ⓘ Summit County ⓘ surface form: Summit County, Ohio
hasBasinCountry	United States of America ⓘ
hasImprovedWaterQuality	yes ⓘ
hasMajorCityOnBanks	Akron ⓘ surface form: Akron, Ohio Cleveland ⓘ surface form: Cleveland, Ohio
hasMeanderingCourse	yes ⓘ
historicalUse	industrial transportation ⓘ shipping and commerce ⓘ waste disposal by industries ⓘ
influenced	creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ passage of the U.S. Clean Water Act ⓘ public support for environmental regulation in the United States ⓘ
length	approximately 100 miles ⓘ
locatedIn	Northeastern Ohio ⓘ Ohio ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn	Cleveland ⓘ surface form: Cleveland, Ohio Lake Erie ⓘ
notableEvent	1952 river fire ⓘ 1969 river fire ⓘ earlier 20th-century river fires ⓘ
notableFor	industrial pollution in the 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ multiple river fires in the 20th century ⓘ role in the modern U.S. environmental movement ⓘ symbol of water pollution in the United States ⓘ
partOf	Great Lakes ⓘ surface form: Great Lakes watershed Lake Erie watershed ⓘ
passesThrough	Cuyahoga Valley National Park ⓘ
region	Midwestern United States ⓘ
sourceLocatedIn	Cuyahoga County ⓘ surface form: Cuyahoga County, Ohio Geauga County, Ohio ⓘ
symbolOf	environmental degradation ⓘ environmental reform in the United States ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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

Cleveland → river → Cuyahoga River ⓘ

Akron → locatedNear → Cuyahoga River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Little Cuyahoga River

Ohio → hasMajorRiver → Cuyahoga River ⓘ

Cuyahoga County → namedAfter → Cuyahoga River ⓘ

Port of Lorain → mouthOf → Cuyahoga River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black River at Lake Erie

Greater Cleveland → hasRiver → Cuyahoga River ⓘ

Summit County → hasRiver → Cuyahoga River ⓘ

Cuyahoga Valley National Park (nearby) → followsRiver → Cuyahoga River ⓘ

subject surface form: Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Cuyahoga Valley National Park (nearby) → hasFeature → Cuyahoga River ⓘ

subject surface form: Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Kent, Ohio → locatedOnRiver → Cuyahoga River ⓘ

Kent, Ohio → waterwayFlowsThrough → Cuyahoga River ⓘ

Cleveland, Ohio, United States → hasRiver → Cuyahoga River ⓘ

Downtown Cleveland → locatedNear → Cuyahoga River ⓘ

Tower City Center → near → Cuyahoga River ⓘ

Cleveland harbor → hasPart → Cuyahoga River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cuyahoga River mouth

Cleveland harbor → connectsWith → Cuyahoga River ⓘ

Newburgh Heights → locatedNear → Cuyahoga River ⓘ

Valley View → locatedOn → Cuyahoga River ⓘ

Cuyahoga Valley National Park → follows → Cuyahoga River ⓘ

Cuyahoga Valley National Park → namedAfter → Cuyahoga River ⓘ

Cuyahoga Valley region → traversedBy → Cuyahoga River ⓘ

Cuyahoga Valley region → drainage → Cuyahoga River ⓘ

Mantua, Ohio, United States → locatedOnRiver → Cuyahoga River ⓘ

subject surface form: Mantua, Ohio

Connecticut Western Reserve → borderFeature → Cuyahoga River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cuyahoga River (western boundary in some definitions)