Falls of the Ohio area

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The Falls of the Ohio area is a historic and geologically significant stretch of fossil-rich limestone rapids and riverbed along the Ohio River, known for its exposed Devonian fossil beds and role in early American exploration and commerce.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Falls of the Ohio area canonical 1
Ohio River Falls 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
geologic site ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
associatedWith Lewis and Clark Expedition ⓘ
contains Falls of the Ohio State Park ⓘ
crossedBy Louisville and Portland Canal ⓘ
formedInEnvironment shallow tropical sea ⓘ
geologicalAge approximately 390 million years old ⓘ
hasActivity birdwatching ⓘ
fossil viewing ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
river observation ⓘ
hasFeature exposed riverbed ⓘ
fossil beds ⓘ
river rapids ⓘ
hasFossilType brachiopod fossils ⓘ
bryozoan fossils ⓘ
coral fossils ⓘ
crinoid fossils ⓘ
marine invertebrate fossils ⓘ
hasGeologicalPeriod Devonian ⓘ
linked to: Devonian Period
hasInterpretiveCenter Falls of the Ohio Interpretive Center ⓘ
hasRockType limestone ⓘ
historicallySignificantFor development of Louisville as a river port ⓘ
navigation barrier on the Ohio River ⓘ
knownFor Devonian fossil beds ⓘ
fossil-rich limestone ⓘ
role in early American commerce ⓘ
role in early American exploration ⓘ
locatedIn Indiana ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedOn Ohio River ⓘ
nearestCity Clarksville, Indiana ⓘ
Jeffersonville, Indiana ⓘ
Louisville, Kentucky ⓘ
partOf Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area ⓘ
Ohio River Falls ⓘ
protectedAs national wildlife conservation area ⓘ
state park ⓘ
subjectOf geological studies ⓘ
paleontological studies ⓘ
usedFor commercial river traffic (historically) ⓘ
educational field study ⓘ
paleontological research ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
visitedBy Meriwether Lewis ⓘ
William Clark ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Jeffersonville, Indiana → hasLandmark → Falls of the Ohio area ⓘ
Falls of the Ohio area → partOf → Ohio River Falls ⓘ
linked to: Falls of the Ohio area