Alamo River

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The Alamo River is a man-made drainage waterway in the Imperial Valley of Southern California that carries agricultural runoff southward into the Salton Sea.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Alamo River canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage canal ⓘ
river ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
carries agricultural runoff ⓘ
climateZone arid ⓘ
connectedTo New River (Imperial Valley) via Salton Sea ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
countrySubdivision Imperial County ⓘ
drainageBasin Salton Sink ⓘ
linked to: Salton Trough
environmentalConcern eutrophication of Salton Sea ⓘ
flowDirection southward ⓘ
flowsInto Salton Sea ⓘ
hasImpairedWatersStatus true ⓘ
hasMonitoringProgram water quality monitoring by state and local agencies ⓘ
hasSalinityIssue true ⓘ
hasWildlifeIssue bird habitat degradation ⓘ
fish kills ⓘ
hydrologicSystem Imperial Valley drainage system ⓘ
listedUnder Clean Water Act Section 303(d) ⓘ
linked to: Clean Water Act
locatedIn Imperial County, California ⓘ
linked to: Imperial County

Imperial Valley ⓘ
Southern California ⓘ
United States–Mexico border region ⓘ
majorLandUseInBasin irrigated agriculture ⓘ
manMade true ⓘ
mouthElevation -69 m ⓘ
mouthLocation Salton Sea ⓘ
nearbyCity Brawley, California ⓘ
linked to: Brawley

Calipatria, California ⓘ
linked to: Calipatria

El Centro, California ⓘ
partOf Salton Sea watershed ⓘ
pollutionType nutrient pollution ⓘ
pesticide contamination ⓘ
sediment pollution ⓘ
primaryUse agricultural drainage ⓘ
receivesRunoffFrom Imperial Irrigation District service area ⓘ
receivesWaterFrom irrigation drains ⓘ
region Colorado Desert ⓘ
sourceRegion Imperial Valley farmlands ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Valley
state California ⓘ
watercourseType man-made drainage waterway ⓘ
waterQualityConcern high nutrient levels ⓘ
high salinity ⓘ
pathogen contamination ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Salton Sea → inflow → Alamo River ⓘ