artesian well

artificially drilled well in a depression below the groundwater table
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artesian well

Summary

artesian well ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,726 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Artois is named after artesian well[2].
  • artesian well is a type of water well[3].
  • artesian well's Commons category is recorded as Artesian wells[4].
  • artesian well comprises artesian groundwater[5].
  • artesian well comprises artesian aquifer[6].
  • artesian well comprises boring[7].
  • artesian well comprises mine shaft[8].
  • artesian well comprises sink[9].
  • artesian well's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Artesian aquifer[10].
  • artesian well's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[11].
  • artesian well's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[12].
  • artesian well's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • artesian well's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[14].
  • artesian well's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[15].
  • artesian well's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16].
  • artesian well's different from is recorded as artesian spring[17].
  • artesian well's different from is recorded as artesian aquifer[18].

Body

Definition and Type

artesian well is a type of water well[3].

Origins

Artois is named after artesian well[2].

Use and Application

Components include artesian groundwater[5], artesian aquifer[6], boring[7], mine shaft[8], and sink[9].

Influence

Things named for artesian well include Artesia[19], a city in the United States[20], in United States[21], founded in 1905[22] and Flowell[23], an unincorporated community[24], in United States[25], founded in 1915[26].

Why It Matters

artesian well ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,726 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for it include Artesia[19], a city in the United States[20], in United States[21], founded in 1905[22] and Flowell[23], an unincorporated community[24], in United States[25], founded in 1915[26].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after Artois
    Named after
    Different from artesian spring, artesian aquifer
    Commons category Artesian wells
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007294975005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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