Big Stone Lake

freshwater lake and reservoir on the border between western Minnesota and northeastern South Dakota, United States
LakeBodyOfWater reservoir Q859342
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Big Stone Lake

Summary

Big Stone Lake is a reservoir[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of reservoir entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (70 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Big Stone Lake is located in Big Stone County[3].
  • Big Stone Lake is located in Roberts County[4].
  • Big Stone Lake is located in Grant County[5].
  • Big Stone Lake is in the country of United States[6].
  • Big Stone Lake's image is recorded as Big Stone Lake from Ortonville.JPG[7].
  • Big Stone Lake's instance of is recorded as reservoir[8].
  • Big Stone Lake's inflows is recorded as Little Minnesota River[9].
  • Big Stone Lake's outflows is recorded as Minnesota River[10].
  • Big Stone Lake's basin country is recorded as United States[11].
  • Big Stone Lake's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315145442[12].
  • Big Stone Lake's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2001010294[13].
  • Big Stone Lake's Commons category is recorded as Big Stone Lake[14].
  • Big Stone Lake's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 640135[15].
  • Big Stone Lake's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 45.407777777778, 'lon': -96.617777777778}[16].
  • Big Stone Lake's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/074rfm[17].
  • Big Stone Lake's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Big-Stone-Lake[18].
  • Big Stone Lake's GeoNames ID is recorded as 5018369[19].
  • Big Stone Lake's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+51'}[20].
  • Big Stone Lake's width is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+42'}[21].
  • Big Stone Lake's vertical depth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+4.9'}[22].
  • Big Stone Lake's drainage basin is recorded as Minnesota River drainage basin[23].
  • Big Stone Lake's Atlas Obscura place ID is recorded as big-stone-lake[24].

Body

Geography

Big Stone Lake is in the country of United States[6]. Located in include Big Stone County[3], a county of Minnesota[25], in United States[26], founded in 1862[27]; Roberts County[4], a county of South Dakota[28], in United States[29], founded in 1883[30]; and Grant County[5], a county of South Dakota[31], in United States[32], founded in 1873[33].

Physical Characteristics

Big Stone Lake's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+51'}[20].

Designation and Status

Big Stone Lake's instance of is recorded as reservoir[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Big Stone Lake include Big Stone County[34], a county of Minnesota[35], in United States[36], founded in 1862[37].

Why It Matters

Big Stone Lake ranks in the top 6% of reservoir entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (70 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for it include Big Stone County[34], a county of Minnesota[35], in United States[36], founded in 1862[37].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [37] . 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. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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