Escalante River

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The Escalante River is a remote tributary of the Colorado River in southern Utah, renowned for its deep sandstone canyons, slot canyons, and scenic wilderness within the Grand Staircase–Escalante region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
approximateLength about 90 miles ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans Domínguez–Escalante expedition ⓘ
flowsThrough Garfield County, Utah ⓘ
Kane County, Utah ⓘ
hasClimate semi-arid desert ⓘ
hasEcosystem riparian corridor ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature narrow slot canyons ⓘ
natural arches ⓘ
sandstone cliffs ⓘ
side canyons ⓘ
hasHazard flash floods ⓘ
hasMajorTributary Boulder Creek ⓘ
Coyote Gulch ⓘ
Death Hollow ⓘ
Harris Wash ⓘ
Pine Creek ⓘ
hasManagementAuthority Bureau of Land Management ⓘ
National Park Service ⓘ
hasVegetation cottonwood trees ⓘ
desert shrubs ⓘ
willows ⓘ
knownFor deep sandstone canyons ⓘ
remote wilderness ⓘ
scenic landscapes ⓘ
slot canyons ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Grand Staircase–Escalante region ⓘ
southern Utah ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Glen Canyon National Recreation Area ⓘ
Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument ⓘ
mouthElevation approximately 3,700 feet ⓘ
mouthLocation Colorado River ⓘ
Lake Powell ⓘ
namedBy Silvestre Vélez de Escalante ⓘ
nearSettlement Boulder, Utah ⓘ
Escalante, Utah ⓘ
partOf Colorado River watershed ⓘ
recreation backpacking ⓘ
canyoneering ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
packrafting ⓘ
photography ⓘ
regionType remote ⓘ
sourceLocation Aquarius Plateau ⓘ
Boulder Mountain ⓘ
sourceRegion Garfield County, Utah ⓘ
state Utah ⓘ
tributaryOf Colorado River ⓘ

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

Kaiparowits Plateau → drainedBy → Escalante River ⓘ
Lake Powell → inflows → Escalante River ⓘ
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area → hasPart → Escalante River arm of Lake Powell ⓘ
linked to: Escalante River
Escalante River canyons → partOf → Escalante River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Escalante River
Escalante River canyons → mainWatercourse → Escalante River ⓘ
Coyote Gulch → locatedInRegion → Escalante River drainage ⓘ
linked to: Escalante River
Coyote Gulch → tributaryOf → Escalante River ⓘ