Oswego River

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river

The Oswego River is a major waterway in central New York State that drains several Finger Lakes and flows northward through the city of Oswego before emptying into Lake Ontario.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Seneca River	4
Oswego River watershed	3
Oswego River drainage basin	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ
basinArea	approximately 13,200 square kilometers ⓘ approximately 5,100 square miles ⓘ
basinCountry	United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
cityAtMouth	Oswego, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
confluenceLocation	Three Rivers, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectedTo	Erie Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ Oswego Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
crosses	Erie Canal system NERFINISHED ⓘ
drainageBasinIncludes	Finger Lakes NERFINISHED ⓘ
drains	Cayuga Lake via Seneca River ⓘ Finger Lakes region NERFINISHED ⓘ Oneida Lake ⓘ surface form: Oneida Lake basin Owasco Lake via Owasco River and Seneca River ⓘ Seneca Lake via Seneca River ⓘ Seneca River system NERFINISHED ⓘ Skaneateles Lake via Skaneateles Creek and Seneca River ⓘ
flowsInto	Lake Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
flowsThrough	Cayuga County NERFINISHED ⓘ Oswego, New York ⓘ surface form: City of Oswego Onondaga County NERFINISHED ⓘ Oswego County NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedByConfluenceOf	Oneida River NERFINISHED ⓘ Seneca River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLock	Oswego Canal ⓘ surface form: Oswego Canal locks
hasUse	hydroelectric power generation ⓘ navigation ⓘ recreation ⓘ sport fishing ⓘ
historicalUse	trade route in 18th and 19th centuries ⓘ transportation route between interior New York and Lake Ontario ⓘ
length	approximately 23 miles ⓘ approximately 37 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn	Central New York ⓘ New York ⓘ surface form: New York State
majorTributary	Fish Creek ⓘ Oneida River NERFINISHED ⓘ Onondaga Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Seneca River NERFINISHED ⓘ
mouth	Lake Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ Oswego River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oswego River drainage basin
region	Upstate New York (broad sense) ⓘ surface form: Upstate New York
sourceConfluence	Oneida River NERFINISHED ⓘ Seneca River NERFINISHED ⓘ
tributaryOf	Lake Ontario drainage basin ⓘ
waterbodyType	freshwater river ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Central New York → hasRiver → Oswego River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seneca River

Lake Ontario → inflow → Oswego River ⓘ

Savannah River → majorTributary → Oswego River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seneca River

Seneca Lake → outflow → Oswego River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seneca River

Oneida Lake → partOf → Oswego River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oswego River watershed

Oswego River → partOf → Oswego River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oswego River drainage basin

Otisco Lake → partOf → Oswego River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oswego River watershed

Skaneateles Lake → partOf → Oswego River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oswego River watershed

Cayuga Lake → primaryOutflow → Oswego River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seneca River