Upper Basin

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The Upper Basin is the portion of the Colorado River Basin encompassing the river’s headwaters and upstream states that are allocated a collective share of the river’s water under U.S. interstate agreements.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Upper Basin canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf portion of Colorado River Basin ⓘ
region ⓘ
administeredBy Upper Colorado River Commission ⓘ
allocatedCollectiveWaterShareUnder Colorado River Compact of 1922 ⓘ
Upper Colorado River Basin Compact of 1948 ⓘ
borderedByState Arizona ⓘ
containsMajorReservoir Blue Mesa Reservoir ⓘ
Flaming Gorge Reservoir ⓘ
Navajo Reservoir ⓘ
definedByAgreement Colorado River Compact of 1922 ⓘ
Upper Colorado River Basin Compact of 1948 ⓘ
facesIssue climate change impacts ⓘ
drought ⓘ
water scarcity ⓘ
governedBy Law of the River ⓘ
hasClimateCharacteristic semi-arid ⓘ
snowmelt-driven hydrology ⓘ
hasHeadwatersOf Colorado River ⓘ
hasLegalConcept collective apportionment of Colorado River water ⓘ
hasMajorTributary Dolores River ⓘ
Green River ⓘ
Gunnison River ⓘ
San Juan River ⓘ
Yampa River ⓘ
hasObligationToDeliverWaterTo Lower Basin ⓘ
includesState Colorado ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
locatedInCountry United States ⓘ
locatedInRegion American West ⓘ
linked to: Old West

Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
partOf Colorado River Basin ⓘ
primarySourceOfFlowFor Colorado River mainstem ⓘ
sharesRiverWith Lower Basin ⓘ
subjectTo federal reclamation law ⓘ
interstate water compacts ⓘ
supportsSector environmental flows ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
upstreamOf Lake Powell ⓘ
waterRightsSystem prior appropriation doctrine ⓘ
waterUseDominatedBy agriculture ⓘ
waterUseIncludes hydropower generation ⓘ
industrial use ⓘ
municipal supply ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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