Raccoon River

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The Raccoon River is a central Iowa waterway that flows through the Des Moines area and serves as a major source of the city's drinking water and recreation.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Raccoon River canonical 9
North Raccoon River 6
South Raccoon River 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crossedBy multiple road bridges in Des Moines ⓘ
drainageBasin agricultural lands of central Iowa ⓘ
flowsNear Valley Junction area ⓘ
West Des Moines ⓘ
flowsThrough Dallas County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Des Moines ⓘ
linked to: Des Moines, Iowa

Polk County, Iowa ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalConcern agricultural runoff ⓘ
high nitrate levels ⓘ
nutrient pollution ⓘ
hasRecreationArea Raccoon River Park ⓘ
hasTributary Middle Raccoon River ⓘ
linked to: Raccoon River

North Raccoon River ⓘ
linked to: Raccoon River

South Raccoon River ⓘ
linked to: Raccoon River
hasUse source of industrial process water ⓘ
urban recreation corridor ⓘ
locatedIn Iowa ⓘ
central Iowa ⓘ
mouthOf Des Moines River ⓘ
near downtown Des Moines ⓘ
partOf Des Moines metropolitan area hydrology ⓘ
Mississippi River watershed ⓘ
region Midwestern United States ⓘ
sourceOf drinking water for Des Moines ⓘ
subjectOf flood control efforts ⓘ
water quality monitoring ⓘ
tributaryOf Des Moines River ⓘ
usedFor boating ⓘ
canoeing ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
wildlife habitat ⓘ
waterSourceFor Des Moines Water Works ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

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

Des Moines, Iowa → locatedOnRiver → Raccoon River ⓘ
Polk County, Iowa → hasWatercourse → Raccoon River ⓘ
Des Moines River → hasTributary → Raccoon River ⓘ
Des Moines River → hasTributary → North Raccoon River ⓘ
linked to: Raccoon River
Des Moines River → hasTributary → South Raccoon River ⓘ
linked to: Raccoon River
Raccoon River → hasTributary → North Raccoon River ⓘ
linked to: Raccoon River
Raccoon River → hasTributary → Middle Raccoon River ⓘ
linked to: Raccoon River
Raccoon River → hasTributary → South Raccoon River ⓘ
linked to: Raccoon River
Guthrie County → hasRiver → Middle Raccoon River ⓘ
linked to: Raccoon River
Guthrie County → hasRiver → South Raccoon River ⓘ
linked to: Raccoon River
Central Iowa → hasRiver → Raccoon River ⓘ
subject linked to: central Iowa
Jefferson, Iowa → locatedOn → North Raccoon River ⓘ
subject linked to: Jefferson
linked to: Raccoon River
Van Meter, Iowa → locatedOnRiver → Raccoon River ⓘ
subject linked to: Van Meter, Iowa, United States
Des Moines Water Works → waterSource → Raccoon River ⓘ
Downtown Des Moines → hasRiver → Raccoon River ⓘ
subject linked to: downtown Des Moines
Perry, Iowa → locatedNearRiver → North Raccoon River ⓘ
subject linked to: Perry
linked to: Raccoon River
Adel → traversedBy → North Raccoon River ⓘ
linked to: Raccoon River
Adel, Iowa → locatedOnRiver → North Raccoon River ⓘ
linked to: Raccoon River
Herndon, Iowa → hasGeographicFeatureNearby → Raccoon River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Raccoon River