# North Branch Otter River

North Branch Otter River is a stream in [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (37.5 km long), in the [Sturgeon River (HUC10 0402010402)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c44-7573-9554-e751ecdc9979) watershed; it flows into [West Branch Otter River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d95b-74b3-afaf-1ba6db09af8d).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6b2-7321-a474-b9b0e3f0d169>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c)

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

Location: 46.83771, -88.67985 (box -88.68643, 46.83762, -88.57316, 47.02125; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1621030](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6b2-7321-a474-b9b9d04389a5)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [West Branch Otter River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d95b-74b3-afaf-1ba6db09af8d)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of North Branch Otter River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-ddac-700f-9727-edeb6b8db8ac)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of North Branch Otter River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-13b0-75f7-9bdb-dff39c8dbd88)
  - [shape of North Branch Otter River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-ddac-700f-9727-edeb6b8db8ac)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 37450.1 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Sturgeon River (HUC10 0402010402)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c44-7573-9554-e751ecdc9979)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6b2-7321-a474-b9af9c351c2a)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-66b3-71be-9ce5-0708baf3d504)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1591-74a3-8630-0926a31d56e5)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Houghton County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5837-77b7-8da4-931131405a4c)
  - [Chassell Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-6d09-75ac-993e-9bb2aeaf492f)
  - [Portage Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-78fd-75ce-809d-3cce5005f404)
  - [Laird Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7cd3-7480-b4c3-eb4e409a676f)
- `skos:prefLabel`: North Branch Otter River

## Elsewhere

- [USGS GNIS 1621030](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1621030) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.83771&mlon=-88.67985#map=14/46.83771/-88.67985) (46.83771, -88.67985)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.83771,-88.67985)
- [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 (6; `bcgeo:flowsInto`):
  - [Ebers Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d3b0-7014-977b-e04e0b0ebb3a)
  - [North Branch Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d6ad-729c-8208-513f9c67dce7)
  - [Sante River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c79c-7301-99ea-a51a28c7bea3)
  - [Slates Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c93c-73d2-a9df-30fa70ccdcef)
  - [Small Bear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-c94d-761a-acea-e251cc127608)
  - [West Branch Otter River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d95b-74b3-afaf-1ba6db09af8d)

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