# Galien River

Galien River is a stream in [Berrien County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a47-74a2-ab93-63aff717b05b), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (48.2 km long), in the [Lake Michigan (HUC10 0419000002)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1f2c-768f-8a9b-4fde379fd131) watershed; it flows into [Lake Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da8b-736c-b10c-b5ac4195f147).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b57a-75e4-96ad-2d92156f6ef7>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Berrien County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a47-74a2-ab93-63aff717b05b)

Type: [geo:Feature](http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#Feature), [schema:Place](https://schema.org/Place), [schema:RiverBodyOfWater](https://schema.org/RiverBodyOfWater)

Location: 41.80115, -86.74919 (box -86.74916, 41.79585, -86.44200, 41.87563; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 626604](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b57b-73e5-9dfd-52c69c693e14)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Lake Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-da8b-736c-b10c-b5ac4195f147)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Galien River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-ca4c-7335-9c4a-505456819f5d)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Galien River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ea68-7490-b42f-727e00a8eec0)
  - [shape of Galien River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-ca4c-7335-9c4a-505456819f5d)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 48184.3 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Lake Michigan (HUC10 0419000002)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1f2c-768f-8a9b-4fde379fd131)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b57a-75e4-96ad-2d919d4e9368)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-4d3e-72e9-8537-1c07d2caf94c)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1951-7385-bfba-4bbf6ff8b7ca)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Berrien County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a47-74a2-ab93-63aff717b05b)
  - [Bertrand Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-686b-77b1-b3e5-71c941c56b4a)
  - [Chikaming Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6d18-7148-bd21-79fdc9626990)
  - [Galien Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7006-76f6-aaec-fd89903efdb6)
  - [Three Oaks Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7b2b-76bc-bf9e-3cc6cfd3eb0d)
  - [Weesaw Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7c25-7641-bad8-967e771b4501)
  - [New Buffalo Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7cc7-77aa-958f-fafe47f622fa)
  - [New Buffalo](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-8ed4-72fd-b1c4-ce7e425dd43f)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Galien River

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q5518585](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5518585) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 626604](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/626604) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=41.80115&mlon=-86.74919#map=14/41.80115/-86.74919) (41.80115, -86.74919)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=41.80115,-86.74919)
- [Source](https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames_MI_Text.zip) (prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com)
- [Source](https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs_3dhp_all/FeatureServer) (3dhp.nationalmap.gov)
- [Source](https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer) (hydro.nationalmap.gov)

## Pointing here

- Flowing into it (5; `bcgeo:flowsInto`):
  - [Blue Jay Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ac9d-75b4-a34e-b618a7e0b221)
  - [Dowling Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-a87d-77de-a630-356abc7d2396)
  - [East Branch Galien River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d13f-719b-bc8e-861348b49555)
  - [Kirktown Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bada-751d-b99c-95f2f747f831)
  - [South Branch Galien River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c995-7548-8224-ba89d7f2adbf)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5518585 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7496-718b-b161-c84c34b5e643)

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Cite as: Galien River. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b57a-75e4-96ad-2d92156f6ef7
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