Little Colorado River

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The Little Colorado River is a major tributary in the American Southwest that flows through Arizona’s high desert and deep canyons before joining the Colorado River near the Grand Canyon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
tributary ⓘ
associatedPeople Hopi Tribe ⓘ
linked to: Hopi people

Navajo Nation ⓘ
Zuni people ⓘ
basinSize approximately 26,500 square miles ⓘ
approximately 68,600 square kilometers ⓘ
confluenceLocation near Cameron, Arizona ⓘ
upstream of Grand Canyon ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crossedBy Interstate 40 ⓘ
U.S. Route 89 ⓘ
culturalSignificance sacred to several Native American tribes ⓘ
dischargeCharacteristic ephemeral and intermittent in many reaches ⓘ
highly variable flow ⓘ
subject to flash flooding ⓘ
ecologicalSignificance important riparian habitat in arid region ⓘ
flowsThrough Apache County, Arizona ⓘ
Coconino County, Arizona ⓘ
Navajo County, Arizona ⓘ
linked to: Navajo County

Navajo Nation ⓘ
flowsThroughFeature deep canyons ⓘ
flowsThroughProtectedArea Grand Canyon National Park vicinity ⓘ
flowsThroughRegion Arizona high desert ⓘ
Colorado Plateau ⓘ
geologicalContext incised into sedimentary rocks of the Colorado Plateau ⓘ
hasTributary Puerco River ⓘ
Silver Creek (Arizona) ⓘ
Zuni River ⓘ
length approximately 338 miles ⓘ
approximately 544 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn American Southwest ⓘ
Arizona ⓘ
managementIssue habitat degradation ⓘ
water quality concerns from upstream land use ⓘ
water scarcity and overuse in basin ⓘ
mouthLocation Colorado River ⓘ
Marble Canyon ⓘ
near Grand Canyon ⓘ
nearbySettlement Cameron, Arizona ⓘ
Holbrook, Arizona ⓘ
Winslow, Arizona ⓘ
riverSystem Colorado River basin ⓘ
sourceCountry United States ⓘ
sourceLocation White Mountains, Arizona ⓘ
near Mount Baldy, Arizona ⓘ
tributaryOf Colorado River ⓘ
waterColorCause high dissolved calcium carbonate content ⓘ
waterColorCharacteristic often turquoise blue in lower canyon reaches ⓘ

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

Colorado River → hasTributary → Little Colorado River ⓘ
Holbrook, Arizona → locatedOn → Little Colorado River ⓘ
Colorado River Basin → hasTributary → Little Colorado River ⓘ
Apache County → containsGeographicFeature → Little Colorado River (portion) ⓘ
linked to: Little Colorado River
Zuni River → mouthOf → Little Colorado River ⓘ
Zuni River → tributaryOf → Little Colorado River ⓘ
Zuni River → partOf → Little Colorado River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Little Colorado River
Arizona State Route 77 → follows → Little Colorado River valley (in part) ⓘ
linked to: Little Colorado River
Joseph City, Arizona → locatedOn → Little Colorado River ⓘ
Joseph City, Arizona → partOf → Little Colorado River Mormon colonies ⓘ
linked to: Little Colorado River
Dookʼoʼoosłííd → proximityTo → Little Colorado River basin ⓘ
linked to: Little Colorado River
Silver Creek (Arizona) → partOf → Little Colorado River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Little Colorado River
Silver Creek (Arizona) → tributaryOf → Little Colorado River ⓘ
Silver Creek (Arizona) → mouthLocatedIn → Little Colorado River basin ⓘ
linked to: Little Colorado River
Silver Creek (Arizona) → hasWatershed → Little Colorado River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Little Colorado River
Silver Creek (Arizona) → drainageBasin → Little Colorado River drainage basin ⓘ
linked to: Little Colorado River
Cameron, Arizona → locatedOn → Little Colorado River ⓘ
Puerco River → mouthOf → Little Colorado River ⓘ
Puerco River → tributaryOf → Little Colorado River ⓘ
Puerco River → partOf → Little Colorado River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Little Colorado River
Puerco River → dischargesInto → Little Colorado River ⓘ
Springerville, Arizona → near → Little Colorado River ⓘ