Athabasca River

Summary

Athabasca River is a river^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (104 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Athabasca River is located in Alberta^[3].
• Athabasca River is in the country of Canada^[4].
• Athabasca River's image is recorded as Athabasca at Brule Lake.jpg^[5].
• Athabasca River's continent is recorded as North America^[6].
• Athabasca River's instance of is recorded as river^[7].
• Athabasca River's instance of is recorded as Canadian Heritage Rivers System^[8].
• Athabasca River's inflows is recorded as Athabasca Glacier^[9].
• Athabasca River's basin country is recorded as Canada^[10].
• Athabasca River's GND ID is recorded as 4281605-1^[11].
• Athabasca River's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85009103^[12].
• Athabasca River's Commons category is recorded as Athabasca River^[13].
• Athabasca River's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 16278517^[14].
• Athabasca River's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Lake Athabasca^[15].
• Athabasca River's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Slave River^[16].
• Athabasca River's lake on watercourse is recorded as Lake Athabasca^[17].
• Athabasca River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 58.66696, 'lon': -110.83517}^[18].
• Athabasca River's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01ktv3^[19].
• Athabasca River's CGNDB unique ID is recorded as IAQZZ^[20].
• Athabasca River's CGNDB unique ID is recorded as IARAN^[21].
• Athabasca River's origin of the watercourse is recorded as Columbia Icefield^[22].
• Athabasca River's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Athabasca River^[23].
• Athabasca River's Commons gallery is recorded as Athabasca River^[24].
• Athabasca River's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 000647479^[25].
• Athabasca River's tributary is recorded as Lesser Slave River^[26].
• Athabasca River's tributary is recorded as Maligne River^[27].

Body

Geography

Athabasca River is in the country of Canada^[4]. It is located in Alberta^[3]. Its continent is recorded as North America^[6].

Physical Characteristics

Athabasca River's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+207'}^[28]. Its length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+1231'}^[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include river^[7] and Canadian Heritage Rivers System^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Athabasca River include Athabasca oil sands^[30], an oil field^[31], in Canada^[32]; Athabascasaurus^[33], a fossil taxon^[34]; and Athabasca Valles^[35], an outflow channel^[36].

Why It Matters

Athabasca River ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (104 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for it include Athabasca oil sands^[30], an oil field^[31], in Canada^[32]; Athabascasaurus^[33], a fossil taxon^[34]; and Athabasca Valles^[35], an outflow channel^[36].