Black Warrior River system

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The Black Warrior River system is a major river network in west-central Alabama that drains a large portion of the state and supports significant ecological, recreational, and industrial activities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river network ⓘ
river system ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
drainageBasinArea approximately 6,300 square miles ⓘ
drains west-central Alabama ⓘ
ecoregion Southeastern United States freshwater ecoregions ⓘ
flowsInto Tombigbee River ⓘ
hasBiodiversity aquatic snails ⓘ
freshwater fishes ⓘ
freshwater mussels ⓘ
hasLockAndDam Bankhead Lock and Dam ⓘ
Holt Lock and Dam ⓘ
Oliver Lock and Dam ⓘ
Warrior Lock and Dam ⓘ
linked to: Holt Lock and Dam
hasMainStem Black Warrior River ⓘ
hasTributary Bankhead Lake ⓘ
Holt Lake ⓘ
Locust Fork ⓘ
Mulberry Fork ⓘ
North River ⓘ
Sipsey Fork ⓘ
Warrior Lake ⓘ
hasWatershedOrganization Black Warrior Riverkeeper ⓘ
importantFor drinking water supply for Birmingham metropolitan area ⓘ
regional economy of west-central Alabama ⓘ
locatedIn Alabama ⓘ
locatedInRegion west-central Alabama ⓘ
majorRiverIn Alabama ⓘ
managedBy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
monitoredBy Black Warrior Riverkeeper ⓘ
partOf Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway ⓘ
passesNear Birmingham, Alabama ⓘ
passesThrough Tuscaloosa, Alabama ⓘ
riverMouthLocation Demopolis, Alabama ⓘ
linked to: Demopolis
supportsActivity boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
swimming ⓘ
wildlife observation ⓘ
threatenedBy coal mining ⓘ
industrial pollution ⓘ
sedimentation ⓘ
urban runoff ⓘ
tributaryOf Tombigbee River ⓘ
usedFor hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
industrial water supply ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

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

Lewis Smith Lake → partOfRiverSystem → Black Warrior River system ⓘ
Locust Fork, Alabama → locatedNear → Black Warrior River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Black Warrior River system
Cahaba lily → distribution → Black Warrior River system ⓘ
Birmingham Water Works Board system → waterSource → Black Warrior River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Black Warrior River system
Moundville, Alabama → locatedNear → Black Warrior River valley ⓘ
linked to: Black Warrior River system
Appalachian region of Alabama → drainageBasins → Black Warrior River basin ⓘ
linked to: Black Warrior River system
Black Warrior River (upper reaches) → locatedInWatershed → Black Warrior River basin ⓘ
linked to: Black Warrior River system
Locust Fork → riverSystem → Black Warrior River system ⓘ
Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior River → partOf → Black Warrior River system ⓘ
Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River → partOf → Black Warrior River system ⓘ
Mulberry Fork → partOf → Black Warrior River system ⓘ