# North Branch Paw Paw River

North Branch Paw Paw River is a stream in [Van Buren County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f4281d0bb13f), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (21.6 km long), in the [North Branch Paw Paw River (HUC10 0405000124)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d32-74f3-ad35-5356765fa4e2) watershed; it flows into [Paw Paw River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c360-7594-88b8-445d35e1b6a0).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c20e-773c-a305-e2fb58d38a3d>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Van Buren County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f4281d0bb13f)

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

Location: 42.26448, -85.92641 (box -85.92668, 42.26453, -85.78722, 42.30863; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 633530](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c20e-773c-a305-e30618ca7b4e)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Paw Paw River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c360-7594-88b8-445d35e1b6a0)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of North Branch Paw Paw River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d1ab-75dc-bf50-97ab5117aecf)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of North Branch Paw Paw River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-faf2-768d-8ac1-54a7e0535f50)
  - [shape of North Branch Paw Paw River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d1ab-75dc-bf50-97ab5117aecf)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 21590.3 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [North Branch Paw Paw River (HUC10 0405000124)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d32-74f3-ad35-5356765fa4e2)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c20e-773c-a305-e2fa235b574c)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-56c6-7175-8ab3-2115ccfd875c)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-16ae-77af-a3a0-707fa498db2f)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Van Buren County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a15-72c0-b651-f4281d0bb13f)
  - [Almena Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6b46-751e-91d4-91ce3b37ac3e)
  - [Waverly Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7c16-7485-a117-e46dc704adde)
- `skos:altLabel`: Paw Paw River
- `skos:prefLabel`: North Branch Paw Paw River

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q131824823](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131824823) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 633530](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/633530) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.26448&mlon=-85.92641#map=14/42.26448/-85.92641) (42.26448, -85.92641)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.26448,-85.92641)
- [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 (4; `bcgeo:flowsInto`):
  - [Brandywine Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ad52-7047-bf27-d4a5db80479f)
  - [Campbell Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ae46-7458-a8c0-a2f91758654d)
  - [Hayden Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-de0e-73f5-8821-6ec73e520b0e)
  - [Ritter Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-de0f-70c4-bffc-b02fe22ea0e8)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131824823 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-76b1-72bd-82b8-dfc8ef8c67ff)

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