San Rafael River

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The San Rafael River is a tributary of the Green River in central Utah, known for carving deep canyons through the San Rafael Swell and surrounding desert landscapes.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
San Rafael River canonical 3
San Rafael River basin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crosses Interstate 70 in Utah ⓘ
linked to: Interstate 70

San Rafael Reef ⓘ
drainageBasin San Rafael Swell ⓘ
environment desert riparian corridor ⓘ
flowsGenerally eastward ⓘ
southeastward ⓘ
flowsThrough Carbon County, Utah ⓘ
Emery County, Utah ⓘ
San Rafael Swell ⓘ
geology erosional landforms ⓘ
sandstone canyons ⓘ
hasBridge Interstate 70 bridge over San Rafael River ⓘ
hasEcosystem riparian habitat in desert environment ⓘ
hasPart Black Box canyons ⓘ
Little Grand Canyon ⓘ
Lower Black Box ⓘ
Upper Black Box ⓘ
knownFor canyoneering ⓘ
deep canyons ⓘ
desert landscapes ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
rafting ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
slot canyons ⓘ
length approximately 90 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Utah ⓘ
central Utah ⓘ
mouthElevation about 4000 feet ⓘ
mouthLocation Green River ⓘ
near Green River, Utah ⓘ
partOf Colorado River watershed ⓘ
Green River watershed ⓘ
protectedAreaNearby San Rafael Reef Wilderness Study Areas ⓘ
linked to: San Rafael Reef
recreationArea San Rafael Swell backcountry ⓘ
region Colorado Plateau ⓘ
riverSystem Colorado River basin ⓘ
sourceLocation Emery County, Utah ⓘ
Wasatch Plateau ⓘ
state Utah ⓘ
tributaryOf Green River ⓘ
usedFor camping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
watercourseThrough semi-arid desert ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

San Rafael Swell → drainage → San Rafael River ⓘ
Green River → hasTributary → San Rafael River ⓘ
Mexican Mountain → proximityTo → San Rafael River ⓘ
Fairview Canyon → drainageTo → San Rafael River basin ⓘ
linked to: San Rafael River