# West Branch Chippewa River

West Branch Chippewa River is a stream in [Mecosta County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5950-7191-8721-78134ddd2993), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (6.5 km long), in the [West Branch Chippewa River (HUC10 0408020201)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e8d-752d-bb87-71313b962a7b) watershed; it flows into [North Branch Chippewa River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c1b3-72dc-acf2-b3d03940d13b).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce64-71df-b0bc-9d035d5c580a>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Mecosta County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5950-7191-8721-78134ddd2993)

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

Location: 43.74697, -85.14059 (box -85.18295, 43.71833, -85.14091, 43.74745; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1616028](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce65-769b-b5f2-a580d1461f21)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [North Branch Chippewa River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c1b3-72dc-acf2-b3d03940d13b)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of West Branch Chippewa River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d8bb-76e4-8613-e1f82004af49)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of West Branch Chippewa River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-0923-7774-925c-ecd73e31fa96)
  - [shape of West Branch Chippewa River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d8bb-76e4-8613-e1f82004af49)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 6470.0 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [West Branch Chippewa River (HUC10 0408020201)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1e8d-752d-bb87-71313b962a7b)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce64-71df-b0bc-9d02f91b7f45)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-605c-73f0-a4cb-c304d822e99f)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-185d-717f-bd87-f17525e43097)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Mecosta County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5950-7191-8721-78134ddd2993)
  - [Fork Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6f6b-715c-aca2-1b0d9537008a)
  - [Sheridan Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7a42-74ff-8965-d995a10af65f)
  - [Barryton](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-9c12-75f8-85fb-d014f537ec95)
- `skos:prefLabel`: West Branch Chippewa River

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34859503](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34859503) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1616028](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1616028) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.74697&mlon=-85.14059#map=14/43.74697/-85.14059) (43.74697, -85.14059)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.74697,-85.14059)
- [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 (2; `bcgeo:flowsInto`):
  - [Brown Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-a881-76ed-ba29-13d193a3cd3a)
  - [Helmer Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b819-7026-9b4d-1c3f6ad81c48)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q34859503 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7800-76f7-bb0b-59ab4528bb3c)

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