# West Branch Chocolay River

West Branch Chocolay River is a stream in [West Branch Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7c2d-72fa-bbd7-690a8fb9e889), [Marquette County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d65-70a2-917a-e4b27fa24d91), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (11.3 km long), in the [Chocolay River (HUC10 0402020101)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c63-7653-b681-90b56a526e50) watershed; it flows into [East Branch Chocolay River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d3a2-73db-948d-c422ba6354ad).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce65-769b-b5f2-a5828c8555c5>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Marquette County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d65-70a2-917a-e4b27fa24d91) › [West Branch Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7c2d-72fa-bbd7-690a8fb9e889)

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

Location: 46.37716, -87.26959 (box -87.35131, 46.34450, -87.27020, 46.37763; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1616029](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce65-769b-b5f2-a58b69e66683)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [East Branch Chocolay River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d3a2-73db-948d-c422ba6354ad)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of West Branch Chocolay River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d8bc-72f3-a508-a78a299397c0)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of West Branch Chocolay River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-0924-7262-9388-9cf0e82db48a)
  - [shape of West Branch Chocolay River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d8bc-72f3-a508-a78a299397c0)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 11349.9 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Chocolay River (HUC10 0402020101)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c63-7653-b681-90b56a526e50)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ce65-769b-b5f2-a5816f90d396)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-605d-7402-a6ca-bf4f80d8de78)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-15b0-773a-ac3f-999b00b0a23a)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Marquette County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d65-70a2-917a-e4b27fa24d91)
  - [West Branch Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7c2d-72fa-bbd7-690a8fb9e889)
- `skos:prefLabel`: West Branch Chocolay River

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34859517](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34859517) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1616029](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1616029) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.37716&mlon=-87.26959#map=14/46.37716/-87.26959) (46.37716, -87.26959)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.37716,-87.26959)
- [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 (1; `bcgeo:flowsInto`):
  - [Silver Lead Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c903-70f0-9c41-9c18b593d822)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q34859517 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7800-76f7-bb0b-59ad3269a5cb)

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