Hetch Hetchy Valley

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Hetch Hetchy Valley is a glacially carved valley in Yosemite National Park, California, best known for its scenic granite cliffs and for being largely submerged by the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir that supplies water to the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic location
glacial valley
accessRestrictedBy San Francisco Public Utilities Commission regulations
associatedWith John Muir
Sierra Club
climate Mediterranean climate
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
ecosystemType montane forest
riparian habitat
elevation approximately 1,160 meters
approximately 3,800 feet
formedBy glacial erosion
hasLandmark O'Shaughnessy Dam
hasPart Hetch Hetchy Valley self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
hasRecreation backpacking
hiking
wildlife viewing
hasTrail Wapama Falls Trail
hasViewpoint O'Shaughnessy Dam overlook
hasWaterfall Rancheria Falls
Wapama Falls
historicallyInhabitedBy Miwok people
Native American tribes
impoundedBy O'Shaughnessy Dam
knownFor Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
granite cliffs
water supply for the San Francisco Bay Area
largelySubmergedBy Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

Sierra Nevada
Tuolumne County
surface form: Tuolumne County, California

Yosemite National Park
locatedInProtectedArea Yosemite National Park
managedBy National Park Service
partOf Yosemite National Park
region Northern California
river Tuolumne River
state California, United States
surface form: California
subjectOf Hetch Hetchy water rights controversy
early 20th century conservation debates
traversedBy Tuolumne River
usedFor hydroelectric power generation
municipal water supply
waterBody Hetch Hetchy Valley self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
waterSuppliedTo San Francisco
San Francisco Bay Area
within Yosemite Wilderness
surface form: Yosemite Wilderness (partially)

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Tuolumne River flowsThrough Hetch Hetchy Valley
Tuolumne River hasPart Hetch Hetchy Valley
this entity surface form: Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Tuolumne River formsReservoir Hetch Hetchy Valley
this entity surface form: Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Rim Fire 2013 (affected area) hydrologicalImpactOn Hetch Hetchy Valley
this entity surface form: Hetch Hetchy Reservoir watershed
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission ownedInfrastructure Hetch Hetchy Valley
this entity surface form: Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System
O'Shaughnessy Dam creates Hetch Hetchy Valley
this entity surface form: Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
O'Shaughnessy Dam impounds Hetch Hetchy Valley
O'Shaughnessy Dam reservoirName Hetch Hetchy Valley
this entity surface form: Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Valley hasPart Hetch Hetchy Valley self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Hetch Hetchy Valley waterBody Hetch Hetchy Valley self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne hasAccessPoint Hetch Hetchy Valley
this entity surface form: Hetch Hetchy area
Yosemite National Park road network connectsTo Hetch Hetchy Valley