# Bear River

Bear River is a stream in [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (31.6 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-d08c-72af-aab0-bc6a99d47fd6>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa)

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

Location: 45.37723, -84.96089 (box -84.97348, 45.25702, -84.89514, 45.37579; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1617964](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d08d-7729-b211-ca3e200a7f8a)
- `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 Bear River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d9e8-7022-a347-95db37da3e1e)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Bear River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-0bd4-72a9-9fa7-89b6c08c6d5b)
  - [shape of Bear River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-d9e8-7022-a347-95db37da3e1e)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 31553.5 (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-d08c-72af-aab0-bc692cfffebe)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-61d9-7475-9ca8-7c1e08c38cca)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1951-7385-bfba-4bbf6ff8b7ca)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Emmet County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c5a-73ab-b4de-dd9f8548d2b0)
  - [Charlevoix County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5d5f-72de-884a-0609c8201bf0)
  - [Bear Creek Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6ba4-75bf-b059-2eb5c8b8bcdc)
  - [Melrose Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7754-74aa-8abc-6c812f18006d)
  - [Resort Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7964-76c2-b885-8c308ba1ba4f)
  - [Petoskey](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-a82f-74c9-b7be-d735be87201a)
- `skos:altLabel`:
  - Bear Creek
  - Ellis Creek
- `skos:prefLabel`: Bear River

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q4876544](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4876544) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1617964](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1617964) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=45.37723&mlon=-84.96089#map=14/45.37723/-84.96089) (45.37723, -84.96089)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=45.37723,-84.96089)
- [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`):
  - [Hay Marsh Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-b7f7-71fe-a1a2-be0429bfc489)
  - [Spring Brook](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-ca31-729f-848d-18454f6fe0b0)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4876544 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7820-7549-8b8d-f46c5785da5c)

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Cite as: Bear River. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d08c-72af-aab0-bc6a99d47fd6
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