# South Branch Paw Paw River

South 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) (23.0 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-c9a0-77ee-b899-43f6879a2147>

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 -85.92624, 42.12461, -85.88611, 42.26453; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 638300](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c9a1-76ab-b37e-393d8cc22337)
- `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 South Branch Paw Paw River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d5e5-7606-ad34-a4a356f7a88d)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of South Branch Paw Paw River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-0391-770e-bf86-946a8047030e)
  - [shape of South Branch Paw Paw River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d5e5-7606-ad34-a4a356f7a88d)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 22973.5 (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-c9a0-77ee-b899-43f51ba6fd3e)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-5c92-72e5-92cf-1aac98eac430)
  - [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)
  - [Decatur Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6dea-7795-a263-516b0cad3717)
  - [Paw Paw Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-789c-753e-a604-34bb4f6773c7)
  - [Waverly Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7c16-7485-a117-e46dc704adde)
  - [Paw Paw](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-a350-7203-8d6f-d3116ef360f4)
- `skos:altLabel`:
  - Gates Drain
  - West Branch Paw Paw River
  - West Branch of the South Branch of the Paw Paw River
- `skos:prefLabel`: South Branch Paw Paw River

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q35309933](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35309933) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 638300](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/638300) (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 (5; `bcgeo:flowsInto`):
  - [Eagle Lake Drain](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b331-76bd-b513-717e7af4ecf1)
  - [East Branch Paw Paw River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b34b-76ab-91be-fe987bcb91db)
  - [Gates Extension Drain](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b593-70e4-a87d-e368ea6e01c1)
  - [Lawton Drain](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-bb58-7244-b6d4-1623148c6a2d)
  - [Three Mile Lake Drain](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-cc3b-712f-842a-80bed50c849e)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q35309933 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7721-7610-87de-9195c9b6e67c)

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