Big Sandy River

river in Kentucky and West Virginia, United States
Place river Q859238
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Big Sandy River

Summary

Big Sandy River is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (54 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Big Sandy River is located in Boyd County[3].
  • Big Sandy River is located in Wayne County[4].
  • Big Sandy River is located in Lawrence County[5].
  • Big Sandy River is in the country of United States[6].
  • Big Sandy River's route map is recorded as BigSandy watershed.png[7].
  • Big Sandy River's image is recorded as Big Sandy River Ohio River.jpg[8].
  • Big Sandy River's instance of is recorded as river[9].
  • Big Sandy River's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85013966[10].
  • Big Sandy River's Commons category is recorded as Big Sandy River (Ohio River tributary)[11].
  • Big Sandy River's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Ohio River[12].
  • Big Sandy River's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 487249[13].
  • Big Sandy River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.1181432, 'lon': -82.6015453}[14].
  • Big Sandy River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.417351, 'lon': -82.595215}[15].
  • Big Sandy River's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01xckw[16].
  • Big Sandy River's origin of the watercourse is recorded as Tug Fork[17].
  • Big Sandy River's origin of the watercourse is recorded as Levisa Fork[18].
  • Big Sandy River's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Big Sandy River (Ohio River tributary)[19].
  • Big Sandy River's tributary is recorded as Levisa Fork[20].
  • Big Sandy River's tributary is recorded as Tug Fork[21].
  • Big Sandy River's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10042931[22].
  • Big Sandy River's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[23].
  • Big Sandy River's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Big-Sandy-River[24].
  • Big Sandy River's GeoNames ID is recorded as 4284489[25].
  • Big Sandy River's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+47'}[26].
  • Big Sandy River's discharge is recorded as {'unit': 'Q5196162', 'amount': '+5006.74'}[27].

Body

Geography

Big Sandy River is in the country of United States[6]. Located in include Boyd County[3], a county of Kentucky[28], in United States[29], founded in 1860[30]; Wayne County[4], a county of West Virginia[31], in United States[32], founded in 1842[33]; and Lawrence County[5], a county of Kentucky[34], in United States[35], founded in 1821[36].

Physical Characteristics

Big Sandy River's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+47'}[26].

Designation and Status

Big Sandy River's instance of is recorded as river[9].

Why It Matters

Big Sandy River ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (54 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . The National Map. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . The National Map. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . The National Map. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . The National Map. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . watersgeo.epa.gov. Retrieved . watersgeo.epa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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