Paria River

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The Paria River is a scenic tributary of the Colorado River in southern Utah and northern Arizona, known for its colorful canyons and popular backpacking routes like Paria Canyon and Buckskin Gulch.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
tributary ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crosses Utah–Arizona border ⓘ
drainageBasin Colorado River Basin ⓘ
ecosystem desert riparian habitat ⓘ
flowsThrough Glen Canyon National Recreation Area ⓘ
Paria Canyon ⓘ
linked to: Paria River Canyon

Vermilion Cliffs National Monument ⓘ
geology Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Vermilion Cliffs ⓘ
hasFeature flash flood risk ⓘ
narrow canyons ⓘ
sandstone walls ⓘ
hasNameMeaning “pariah” or “alien” in Spanish usage (disputed etymology) ⓘ
hasNameOrigin Spanish language ⓘ
hasTributary Buckskin Gulch ⓘ
knownFor Buckskin Gulch ⓘ
Paria Canyon ⓘ
linked to: Paria River Canyon

backpacking routes ⓘ
colorful canyons ⓘ
slot canyons ⓘ
locatedIn Arizona ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
locatedInRegion northern Arizona ⓘ
southern Utah ⓘ
managementUnit Paria Canyon–Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness ⓘ
mouthLocatedAt Lees Ferry ⓘ
linked to: Lee’s Ferry
mouthLocation Colorado River ⓘ
near Kanab, Utah ⓘ
linked to: Kanab

Page, Arizona ⓘ
partOf Colorado Plateau ⓘ
partOfProtectedArea Paria Canyon–Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness ⓘ
protectedBy Bureau of Land Management ⓘ
recreationActivity backpacking ⓘ
camping ⓘ
canyoneering ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
requiresPermitFor overnight trips in Buckskin Gulch ⓘ
overnight trips in Paria Canyon ⓘ
sourceLocation southwestern Utah ⓘ
state Arizona ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
tributaryOf Colorado River ⓘ
usedFor wilderness recreation ⓘ

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

Paunsaugunt Plateau → drainage → Paria River ⓘ
Colorado River Basin → hasTributary → Paria River ⓘ
Paria River area → traversedBy → Paria River ⓘ
Paria River area → hydrology → Paria River drainage ⓘ
linked to: Paria River
Lees Ferry → nearbyWaterBody → Paria River ⓘ
Lees Ferry → confluenceNearby → Paria River and Colorado River ⓘ
linked to: Paria River
Southwestern Utah → contains → Paria River ⓘ
subject linked to: southwestern Utah
Paria River Canyon → formedBy → Paria River ⓘ