# West Branch Sturgeon River

West Branch Sturgeon River is a stream in [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (20.1 km long), in the [Sturgeon River-Frontal Big Bay De Noc (HUC10 0403011202)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1ce5-756e-b91a-424c87933f64) watershed; it flows into [Sturgeon River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d8bd-77df-956c-623234e1d62e).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d95d-70e9-a12b-4a94f06fb22a>

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: 46.14524, -86.68709 (box -86.79586, 46.14462, -86.68706, 46.23544; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1622108](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d95e-70bc-847a-179295753bb4)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Sturgeon River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d8bd-77df-956c-623234e1d62e)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of West Branch Sturgeon River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-dfa7-76f5-97bf-121f0520a370)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of West Branch Sturgeon River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-1693-7531-9a72-f40ff0791264)
  - [shape of West Branch Sturgeon River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-dfa7-76f5-97bf-121f0520a370)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 20135.8 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Sturgeon River-Frontal Big Bay De Noc (HUC10 0403011202)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1ce5-756e-b91a-424c87933f64)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d95d-70e9-a12b-4a93c19e9758)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-68a4-77e9-9f43-f75535025d45)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-164c-71d8-aa75-46e9f6290907)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Alger County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5b9c-74cc-b002-8ea6888b5af8)
  - [Delta County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c73-7777-b908-2b2e621f2c98)
  - [Au Train Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-629d-7515-a97b-650b72f7c9ff)
  - [Mathias Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7741-7791-b7d3-7cddb5219cb8)
  - [Nahma Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-77da-7722-8cd8-003c85b0bd9e)
- `skos:prefLabel`: West Branch Sturgeon River

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34865334](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34865334) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1622108](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1622108) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.14524&mlon=-86.68709#map=14/46.14524/-86.68709) (46.14524, -86.68709)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.14524,-86.68709)
- [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

- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q34865334 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7934-7795-8e1d-d4e86067cf2a)

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