Whitewater River watershed

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The Whitewater River watershed is a drainage basin in Southern California that collects runoff from the San Bernardino Mountains and surrounding ranges, channeling it toward the Coachella Valley and the Salton Sea.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin ⓘ
watershed ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate (mountain headwaters) ⓘ
arid desert climate (lower basin) ⓘ
contains Cathedral Canyon Wash ⓘ
Coachella Valley Stormwater Channel ⓘ
Deep Canyon ⓘ
Magnesia Spring Canyon ⓘ
Mission Creek (Riverside County) ⓘ
Palm Canyon Wash ⓘ
San Gorgonio River ⓘ
Snow Creek ⓘ
Tahquitz Creek ⓘ
Thousand Palms Canyon ⓘ
Whitewater River ⓘ
containsProtectedArea Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
San Gorgonio Wilderness ⓘ
Sand to Snow National Monument ⓘ
Thousand Palms Oasis Preserve ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
drainsFrom Little San Bernardino Mountains ⓘ
San Bernardino Mountains ⓘ
San Jacinto Mountains ⓘ
drainsTo Coachella Valley ⓘ
Salton Sea ⓘ
ecoregion Mojave Basin and Range ecoregion ⓘ
Southern California Mountains ecoregion ⓘ
hasPrimaryRiver Whitewater River ⓘ
hydrologicUnitCode 18100200 ⓘ
landUse agriculture ⓘ
protected wilderness ⓘ
rangeland ⓘ
urban development ⓘ
locatedIn Southern California ⓘ
majorHazard debris flows ⓘ
flash flooding ⓘ
riverine flooding ⓘ
managingAgency Coachella Valley Water District ⓘ
Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District ⓘ
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
mouthLocation Salton Sea ⓘ
partOf Colorado River Basin (hydrologic region) ⓘ
Salton Sea watershed ⓘ
passesNear Cathedral City, California ⓘ
linked to: Cathedral City

Coachella, California ⓘ
Indio, California ⓘ
La Quinta, California ⓘ
Palm Desert, California ⓘ
Palm Springs, California ⓘ
passesThrough Coachella Valley ⓘ
primaryPrecipitationSource orographic snowfall ⓘ
summer monsoonal thunderstorms ⓘ
winter frontal storms ⓘ
region Colorado Desert ⓘ
Inland Empire ⓘ
sourceRegion San Bernardino National Forest ⓘ
San Gorgonio Wilderness ⓘ
state California ⓘ
waterUses agricultural drainage ⓘ
groundwater recharge ⓘ
stormwater conveyance ⓘ
treated wastewater conveyance ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Mount San Gorgonio → drainage → Whitewater River watershed ⓘ
Whitewater River (California) → partOf → Whitewater River watershed ⓘ
San Gorgonio Pass → drainageBasin → Whitewater River basin (east side) ⓘ
linked to: Whitewater River watershed
Old Greyback → drainageTo → Whitewater River watershed ⓘ
East Fork Whitewater River → partOf → Whitewater River system ⓘ
linked to: Whitewater River watershed
East Fork Whitewater River → drainageBasin → Whitewater River basin ⓘ
linked to: Whitewater River watershed
Snow Creek (California) → partOf → Whitewater River watershed ⓘ
Whitewater Preserve → partOf → Whitewater River watershed ⓘ