Jordan River–Great Salt Lake basin

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The Jordan River–Great Salt Lake basin is an endorheic watershed in northern Utah that collects freshwater inflows from surrounding rivers and lakes before terminating in the hypersaline Great Salt Lake.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin ⓘ
endorheic basin ⓘ
watershed ⓘ
containsLake Freshwater tributary lakes ⓘ
Great Salt Lake ⓘ
Utah Lake ⓘ
containsRiver Bear River ⓘ
Jordan River ⓘ
Weber River ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
drainageDirection toward Great Salt Lake ⓘ
drainagePattern inland drainage ⓘ
drainsInto Great Salt Lake ⓘ
hasCharacteristic collects freshwater inflows ⓘ
terminates in hypersaline lake ⓘ
hasClimateInfluenceOn Great Salt Lake microclimate ⓘ
hasEcologicalRole supports Great Salt Lake wetland ecosystems ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalConcern declining Great Salt Lake water levels ⓘ
salinity changes in Great Salt Lake ⓘ
wetland habitat loss around Great Salt Lake ⓘ
hasHydrologicalImportance regulates inflows to Great Salt Lake ⓘ
hasNoSurfaceOutflowTo ocean ⓘ
hasOutflow Great Salt Lake ⓘ
hasWaterUse agricultural irrigation in northern Utah ⓘ
municipal supply in northern Utah ⓘ
hydrologicalType closed basin ⓘ
endorheic watershed ⓘ
isSubbasinOf Great Basin ⓘ
locatedIn United States ⓘ
northern Utah ⓘ
linked to: Northern Utah
majorTerminalLake Great Salt Lake ⓘ
partOf Great Basin hydrologic region ⓘ
linked to: Great Basin
primaryTerminalWaterBody Great Salt Lake ⓘ
receivesInflowFrom Bear River ⓘ
Jordan River ⓘ
Utah Lake ⓘ
Weber River ⓘ
surrounding lakes ⓘ
surrounding rivers ⓘ
receivesWaterFrom Wasatch Range ⓘ
adjacent mountain watersheds ⓘ
region Intermountain West ⓘ
terminalLakeSalinity hypersaline ⓘ
terminatesIn Great Salt Lake ⓘ
waterBalanceProcess evaporation-dominated ⓘ
limited surface outflow ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Utah Lake → drainageBasin → Jordan River–Great Salt Lake basin ⓘ
Big Cottonwood Creek → partOf → Jordan River–Great Salt Lake drainage ⓘ
linked to: Jordan River–Great Salt Lake basin
Farmington Bay → drainedBy → Weber River (indirectly via Great Salt Lake system) ⓘ
linked to: Jordan River–Great Salt Lake basin