Big Sioux River

river in South Dakota and Iowa in the United States
Place river Q859274
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Big Sioux River is a river. It is located in Iowa, which is a part of the country known as the United States. The river's location within Iowa suggests it plays a role in the state's geography. As a river in the United States, it is subject to the country's environmental regulations. It is situated in Iowa, a state within the United States, and is classified as a river.

Big Sioux River

Summary

Big Sioux River is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (103 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Big Sioux River is located in Iowa[3].
  • Big Sioux River is located in South Dakota[4].
  • Big Sioux River is in the country of United States[5].
  • Big Sioux River's route map is recorded as BigSiouxCourseWatershed1.png[6].
  • Big Sioux River's image is recorded as Sioux falls sd falls park.jpg[7].
  • Big Sioux River's continent is recorded as North America[8].
  • Big Sioux River's instance of is recorded as river[9].
  • Big Sioux River's instance of is recorded as tributary[10].
  • Lakota people is named after Big Sioux River[11].
  • Big Sioux River's basin country is recorded as United States[12].
  • Big Sioux River's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315529788[13].
  • Big Sioux River's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85013967[14].
  • Big Sioux River's Commons category is recorded as Big Sioux River[15].
  • Big Sioux River's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1291304[16].
  • Big Sioux River's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Missouri River[17].
  • Big Sioux River's lake on watercourse is recorded as Lake Kampeska[18].
  • Big Sioux River's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1253923[19].
  • Big Sioux River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.490833333333335, 'lon': -96.44638888888889}[20].
  • Big Sioux River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 45.3216285, 'lon': -97.0425776}[21].
  • Big Sioux River's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02bxxp[22].
  • Big Sioux River's origin of the watercourse is recorded as Coteau des Prairies[23].
  • Big Sioux River's tributary is recorded as Rock River[24].
  • Big Sioux River's tributary is recorded as Split Rock Creek[25].
  • Big Sioux River's category for the water basin is recorded as Q21934640[26].
  • Big Sioux River's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Big-Sioux-River[27].

Body

Geography

Big Sioux River is in the country of United States[5]. Located in include Iowa[3], an U.S. state[28], in United States[29], founded in 1846[30] and South Dakota[4], an U.S. state[31], in United States[32], founded in 1889[33]. Its continent is recorded as North America[8].

Physical Characteristics

Big Sioux River's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+674'}[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include river[9] and tributary[10].

History and Context

Lakota people is named after Big Sioux River[11].

Why It Matters

Big Sioux River ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (103 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . 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

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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