Lochsa River

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The Lochsa River is a wild, free-flowing river in north-central Idaho renowned for its steep gradient, whitewater rafting, and scenic forested canyon.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lochsa River canonical 3
Lochsa River headwaters 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
drainageBasin Clearwater River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Clearwater River
flowsThrough Clearwater National Forest ⓘ
Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests ⓘ
hasHydrologicalCharacteristic free-flowing ⓘ
snowmelt-dominated flow regime ⓘ
undammed main stem ⓘ
hasMajorTributary Crooked Fork ⓘ
Fish Creek ⓘ
Warm Springs Creek ⓘ
White Sand Creek ⓘ
hasNameEtymology derived from a Nez Perce word meaning "rough water" or "always rough" ⓘ
historicalUse route of the Lewis and Clark Expedition vicinity ⓘ
knownFor continuous whitewater ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
remote wilderness setting ⓘ
scenic forested canyon ⓘ
spring snowmelt runoff ⓘ
steep gradient ⓘ
whitewater rafting ⓘ
length approximately 70 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Idaho ⓘ
north-central Idaho ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Clearwater County, Idaho ⓘ
Idaho County ⓘ
managedBy U.S. Forest Service ⓘ
mouthElevation approximately 1,220 feet ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Kooskia, Idaho vicinity ⓘ
linked to: Kooskia, Idaho
parallelRoute Northwest Passage Scenic Byway ⓘ
U.S. Route 12 NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Columbia River Basin ⓘ
partOfProtectedArea Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests ⓘ
recreationActivity camping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
whitewater rafting ⓘ
wildlife viewing ⓘ
sourceElevation approximately 4,000–5,000 feet ⓘ
sourceLocation Bitterroot Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Bitterroot Range

Bitterroot Range ⓘ
sourceRegion Idaho–Montana border ⓘ
tributaryOf Clearwater River ⓘ
typicalWhitewaterDifficulty Class III ⓘ
Class IV ⓘ
Class V at high flows ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Clearwater River → hasTributary → Lochsa River ⓘ
Selway–Bitterroot Wilderness → contains → Lochsa River headwaters ⓘ
linked to: Lochsa River
Idaho County, Idaho → contains → Lochsa River ⓘ