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San Juan River

tributary of the Colorado River in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico in the United States
Place river Q1542874
San Juan River
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Facts

15 properties
Instance of
river
Country
United States[6]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 37.365°, -106.901°, 🗺️ 37.180°, -110.901°
Basin country
United States[7]
Different from
San Juan[21]
Discharge
+62[27]
Drainage basin
San Juan River basin[28]
Elevation above sea level
+3704, +1129[24][25]
Length
+383, +616[22][23]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
San Juan County, Montezuma County, Rio Arriba County, San Juan County, Archuleta County[2][3][4][5]
Mouth of the watercourse
Colorado River[8]
Native label
San Juan River[20]
Origin of the watercourse
San Juan Mountains[9]
Tributary
Animas River, La Plata River, Navajo River, Piedra River, East Fork San Juan River, Rio Blanco, West Fork San Juan River, Los Pinos River, Mancos River, McElmo Creek[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
Watershed area
+63714[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en T hoh en San Bit hoh en San Bitqo en San Juan River en San Juan (Spojené státy americké : řeka) en Hoh Bakai'i en Juta'imp en No:da:a Bit hoh en noda's Bitqo en Nwansabe'imp en Rio de San Juan en Rio San Juan ar نهر سان خوان cs San Juan cs San Juan (Spojené státy americké : řeka) de San Juan (Spojené státy americké : řeka) es Rio San Juan es Río San Juan fa رودخانه سن خوان fr San Juan River
🔖 Identifiers · 11
VIAF cluster ID
315126750
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/San-Juan-River
Freebase ID
/m/02k2dm
GNIS Feature ID
1454998
GeoNames ID
5546336
NL CR AUT ID
ge1150599
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007555977405171
OpenStreetMap relation ID
4008703
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10044104
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["River", "SanJuanRiver::s67sv"]
Yale LUX ID
place/9475fcaf-a88d-4807-af46-ba60a57d8ff2

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🔗 Connections
← Mouth of the watercourse 6
Animas River, La Plata River, Mancos River, Navajo River, Piedra River, Chinle Creek
Located in the administrative territorial entity 5
San Juan County, Montezuma County, Archuleta County, San Juan County, Rio Arriba County
Tributary 5
Animas River, La Plata River, Mancos River, Navajo River, Piedra River
← Located in or next to body of water 4
Farmington, Bloomfield, Montezuma Creek, Goosenecks State Park
Named after 2
San Juan County, San Juan County
← Inflows 2
Lake Powell, Navajo Lake
Basin country 1
United States
Country 1
United States
Different from 1
San Juan
Instance of 1
river
Mouth of the watercourse 1
Colorado River
Origin of the watercourse 1
San Juan Mountains
← Outflows 1
Navajo Lake
← Tributary 1
Colorado River
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Summary

San Juan River is a river[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for San Juan River include San Juan County[29], a county of New Mexico[30], in United States[31], founded in 1887[32].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include San Juan County[29], a county of New Mexico[30], in United States[31], founded in 1887[32].

Related Entities

Colorado River United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · הנדב הנכון · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native label → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'San Juan River'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Native label: San Juan River"
  2. 17w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Watershed area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+63714'}
    Origin of the watercourse → San Juan Mountains
    Country → —
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|1 */ Category for the water basin: Wikidata item, Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
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