Kissimmee River basin

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The Kissimmee River basin is a major watershed in central Florida that drains into Lake Okeechobee and plays a key role in the region’s hydrology and wetland ecosystems.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river basin ⓘ
watershed ⓘ
climate humid subtropical ⓘ
contains Chain of Lakes near Kissimmee ⓘ
Cypress Lake ⓘ
East Lake Tohopekaliga ⓘ
linked to: Lake Tohopekaliga

Kissimmee River ⓘ
Lake Hatchineha ⓘ
Lake Kissimmee ⓘ
Lake Tohopekaliga ⓘ
headwaters lakes near Orlando–Kissimmee area ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
drainageDirection southward ⓘ
drainsInto Lake Okeechobee ⓘ
ecoregion subtropical wetland ⓘ
environmentalIssue altered flow regime ⓘ
degraded water quality ⓘ
loss of floodplain wetlands ⓘ
historicalModification channelization of Kissimmee River ⓘ
construction of C-38 canal ⓘ
levee construction ⓘ
hydrologicRole primary source of inflow to Lake Okeechobee from the north ⓘ
hydrologicUnitCode 03090101 ⓘ
importance critical to restoration of the Everglades ⓘ
key component of regional flood control system ⓘ
locatedIn central Florida ⓘ
majorFunction aquatic habitat provision ⓘ
floodplain wetland support ⓘ
support of Everglades hydrology ⓘ
surface water drainage ⓘ
water supply contribution to South Florida ⓘ
managedBy South Florida Water Management District ⓘ
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
partOf Greater Everglades ecosystem ⓘ
South Florida hydrologic system ⓘ
primaryLandUse agriculture ⓘ
pasture ⓘ
rangeland ⓘ
urban and suburban development ⓘ
region peninsular Florida ⓘ
linked to: Florida Peninsula
restorationProject Kissimmee River Restoration Project ⓘ
river Kissimmee River ⓘ
state Florida ⓘ
supports aquatic invertebrate communities ⓘ
fish communities ⓘ
wading bird habitat ⓘ
waterfowl habitat ⓘ
upstreamFrom Lake Okeechobee ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

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

Osceola County, Florida → contains → Kissimmee River basin ⓘ
Belle Glade culture → archaeologicalRegion → Kissimmee River valley ⓘ
linked to: Kissimmee River basin
Everglades → hydrologyDependsOn → Kissimmee River basin ⓘ
Lake Tohopekaliga → partOf → Kissimmee River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Kissimmee River basin
Lake Okeechobee basin → hydrologicallyConnectedTo → Kissimmee River basin ⓘ
Shingle Creek → flowsInto → Kissimmee River basin ⓘ
Shingle Creek → partOf → Kissimmee River–Lake Okeechobee–Everglades system ⓘ
linked to: Kissimmee River basin
Kissimmee River → partOf → Kissimmee River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Kissimmee River basin
Kissimmee River → riverSystem → Kissimmee–Okeechobee–Everglades system ⓘ
linked to: Kissimmee River basin
Lake Okeechobee → locatedOnRiverSystem → Kissimmee–Okeechobee–Everglades system ⓘ
linked to: Kissimmee River basin
Chain of Lakes near Kissimmee → partOf → Kissimmee River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Kissimmee River basin
Chain of Lakes near Kissimmee → partOf → Kissimmee Chain of Lakes region ⓘ
linked to: Kissimmee River basin
Kissimmee River Restoration Project → locatedIn → Kissimmee River basin ⓘ
Lake Kissimmee → partOf → Kissimmee River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Kissimmee River basin
Lake Toho → partOfWatershed → Kissimmee River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Kissimmee River basin
Lake Hatchineha → hydrologicalSystem → Kissimmee River basin ⓘ