# West Branch Waiska River

West Branch Waiska River is a stream in [Chippewa County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c74-7657-97c2-9bfdfd3bc0fc), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (27.9 km long), in the [Waiska River (HUC10 0420000201)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1f3b-75e4-9dff-62b464543425) watershed; it flows into [Waiska River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d93b-71f7-82ca-322316ee8ff5).

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d95e-70bc-847a-179e1d749e55>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Chippewa County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c74-7657-97c2-9bfdfd3bc0fc)

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

Location: 46.35641, -84.54977 (box -84.74169, 46.30655, -84.54964, 46.35896; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1622110](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d95f-7788-b565-3ce201ba40c6)
- `dcterms:type`: [stream](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisStream)
- **flows into** (`bcgeo:flowsInto`): [Waiska River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d93b-71f7-82ca-322316ee8ff5)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of West Branch Waiska River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-dfa8-72d3-8666-cf69d9b1e5f1)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of West Branch Waiska River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-1694-7111-ab40-f4551eb22ebe)
  - [shape of West Branch Waiska River](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-dfa8-72d3-8666-cf69d9b1e5f1)
- `geo:hasMetricLength`: 27947.3 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Waiska River (HUC10 0420000201)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1f3b-75e4-9dff-62b464543425)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d95e-70bc-847a-179dca6fbe1e)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-68a6-752a-8e12-592b28d643cc)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1969-71e6-b879-1d505e3bcd7b)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Chippewa County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5c74-7657-97c2-9bfdfd3bc0fc)
  - [Superior Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-61f4-75f9-b18a-27793dce331d)
  - [Kinross Charter Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-760c-7321-9be8-bda17e265500)
- `skos:prefLabel`: West Branch Waiska River

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q34865964](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34865964) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1622110](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1622110) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.35641&mlon=-84.54977#map=14/46.35641/-84.54977) (46.35641, -84.54977)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.35641,-84.54977)
- [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 (5; `bcgeo:flowsInto`):
  - [Bons Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d251-74a3-87aa-c04f57e05a47)
  - [Clear Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d2c4-72c0-9728-d8e9d2e547ee)
  - [McMahen Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d628-703f-8546-4330ea77bb4e)
  - [Sylvester Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d8d4-738c-ab87-cc59a63d6615)
  - [White Creek](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d9ae-74dc-a9df-c563e4ce7597)
- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q34865964 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7934-7795-8e1d-d4ec8a6e71f9)

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