Buffalo River

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The Buffalo River is a waterway associated with the city of Buffalo in western New York, historically significant for its industrial use and role in the region’s shipping and commerce.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Buffalo River canonical 22
Buffalo River corridor 1
Buffalo River watershed 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
adjacentTo Buffalo Harbor ⓘ
linked to: Port of Buffalo

Outer Harbor of Buffalo ⓘ
linked to: Port of Buffalo
country United States of America ⓘ
emptiesInto Lake Erie ⓘ
flowsInto Buffalo, New York waterfront ⓘ
flowsThrough City of Buffalo ⓘ
linked to: Buffalo
formedByConfluenceOf Cayuga Creek ⓘ
linked to: Cazenovia Creek

Cazenovia Creek ⓘ
hasCurrentUse mixed industrial and recreational corridor ⓘ
hasDesignation Area of Concern on the Great Lakes ⓘ
hasEconomicRole supporting manufacturing industries ⓘ
supporting port activities in Buffalo ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue contaminated sediments ⓘ
industrial pollution ⓘ
hasFeature grain elevators ⓘ
industrial waterfront ⓘ
hasInfrastructure lift bridges ⓘ
railroad bridges ⓘ
hasNearbyLandmark Buffalo RiverWorks complex ⓘ
Ohio Street corridor ⓘ
Silo City grain elevators ⓘ
hasNearbyNeighborhood Old First Ward, Buffalo ⓘ
South Buffalo ⓘ
linked to: Buffalo

Valley neighborhood, Buffalo ⓘ
hasNearbyProtectedArea Tifft Nature Preserve ⓘ
hasRecreation boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
hasUse commercial shipping route ⓘ
industrial waterway ⓘ
historicalSignificance Great Lakes shipping and commerce ⓘ
industrial development of Buffalo ⓘ
locatedIn Erie County, New York ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
linked to: New York

Western New York ⓘ
mouthOfWatercourse Lake Erie ⓘ
near downtown Buffalo ⓘ
partOf Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Seaway system ⓘ
tributaryOf Lake Erie ⓘ
underwent environmental remediation projects ⓘ
wasImportantFor coal shipping ⓘ
grain trade ⓘ
lake freighter traffic ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
waterSystem Great Lakes Basin ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

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

Buffalo → hasWaterBody → Buffalo River ⓘ
HSBC Arena → near → Buffalo River ⓘ
Buffalo waterfront area → adjacentTo → Buffalo River ⓘ
Lake Erie watershed → hasMajorTributary → Buffalo River ⓘ
Lake Erie watershed → hasPrimaryInflow → Buffalo River ⓘ
First Niagara Center → locatedNear → Buffalo River ⓘ
Canalside → locatedOnWaterbody → Buffalo River ⓘ
Gigafactory New York → near → Buffalo River ⓘ
Port of Buffalo → adjacentTo → Buffalo River ⓘ
Downtown Buffalo skyline → near → Buffalo River ⓘ
Cazenovia Creek → tributaryOf → Buffalo River ⓘ
Cazenovia Creek → forms → Buffalo River ⓘ
Cazenovia Creek → partOf → Buffalo River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Buffalo River
Cazenovia Creek → flowsInto → Buffalo River ⓘ
Buffalo RiverWorks complex → locatedOn → Buffalo River ⓘ
Buffalo RiverWorks complex → hasView → Buffalo River ⓘ
Ohio Street corridor → partOf → Buffalo River corridor ⓘ
linked to: Buffalo River
Tifft Nature Preserve → near → Buffalo River ⓘ