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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Virgin River watershed canonical 5
Virgin River basin 3
Virgin River drainage basin 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin
river basin
watershed
climate arid
containsCity Hurricane, Utah
La Verkin, Utah
Mesquite, Nevada
Springdale, Utah
St. George, Utah
containsProtectedArea Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area
Gold Butte National Monument
Red Cliffs National Conservation Area
Zion National Park
containsReservation Moapa River Indian Reservation
Shivwits Band of Paiutes Reservation
containsTown Ivins, Utah
Rockville, Utah
Santa Clara, Utah
Virgin, Utah
Washington, Utah
country United States
crossesPhysiographicProvince Basin and Range Province
Colorado Plateau
Mojave Desert
drainsInto Colorado River
ecoregion Colorado Plateau
Mojave Desert
hasLandUse irrigated agriculture
rangeland
urban development
hydrologicRegion Colorado River Basin
locatedIn Arizona
Nevada
Southwestern United States
Utah
majorWaterIssue flash flooding
habitat degradation
sedimentation
water scarcity
namedAfter Virgin River
partOf Lower Colorado River Basin
river Virgin River
tributary Ash Creek
Beaver Dam Wash
East Fork Virgin River
Fort Pearce Wash
La Verkin Creek
Muddy River (Nevada)
linked to: Moapa River

North Fork Virgin River
Santa Clara River (Utah)
Shivwits Plateau drainages

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Coal Pits Wash partOf Virgin River watershed
Santa Clara River partOf Virgin River watershed
East Fork Virgin River partOf Virgin River watershed
Markagunt Plateau drainageDivideFor Virgin River basin
linked to: Virgin River watershed
Mount Carmel Junction, Utah locatedIn Virgin River drainage basin
linked to: Virgin River watershed
Plagopterinae geographicDistribution Virgin River system
linked to: Virgin River watershed
Orderville Canyon partOf Virgin River drainage basin
linked to: Virgin River watershed
Kolob Creek partOf Virgin River watershed
Kolob Creek drainageBasin Virgin River basin
linked to: Virgin River watershed
Pine Valley Mountains foothills drainageTo Virgin River basin
linked to: Virgin River watershed
Beaver Dam Wash partOf Virgin River watershed