Birs

Summary

Birs is a river^[1]. Birs ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Birs is located in Canton of Berne^[3].
• Birs is located in Canton of Jura^[4].
• Birs is located in Canton of Solothurn^[5].
• Birs is located in Canton of Basel-Landschaft^[6].
• Birs is located in Canton of Basel-Stadt^[7].
• Birs is in the country of Switzerland^[8].
• Birs's image is recorded as Birs laufen.jpg^[9].
• Birs's instance of is recorded as river^[10].
• Birs's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 245396362^[11].
• Birs's GND ID is recorded as 4461135-3^[12].
• Birs's locator map image is recorded as Birse.png^[13].
• Birs's Commons category is recorded as Birs^[14].
• Birs's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2202591^[15].
• Birs's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Rhine^[16].
• Birs's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.213611111111, 'lon': 7.1952777777778}^[17].
• Birs's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.558055555556, 'lon': 7.6175}^[18].
• Birs's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02w3fj1^[19].
• Birs's HDS ID is recorded as 008765^[20].
• Birs's tributary is recorded as Sorne^[21].
• Birs's tributary is recorded as Trame^[22].
• Birs's tributary is recorded as Raus^[23].
• Birs's tributary is recorded as Tugbach^[24].
• Birs's tributary is recorded as Klusbach^[25].
• Birs's tributary is recorded as Lüssel^[26].
• Birs's tributary is recorded as Lucelle^[27].

Body

Geography

Birs is in the country of Switzerland^[8]. Located in include Canton of Berne^[3], a canton of Switzerland^[28], in Switzerland^[29], founded in 1848^[30]; Canton of Jura^[4], a canton of Switzerland^[31], in Switzerland^[32], founded in 1979^[33]; Canton of Solothurn^[5], a canton of Switzerland^[34], in Switzerland^[35], founded in 1481^[36]; Canton of Basel-Landschaft^[6], a canton of Switzerland^[37], in Switzerland^[38], founded in 1833^[39]; and Canton of Basel-Stadt^[7], a canton of Switzerland^[40], in Switzerland^[41], founded in 1833^[42].

Physical Characteristics

Birs's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+249'}^[43]. Birs's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+73'}^[44].

Designation and Status

Birs's instance of is recorded as river^[10].

Why It Matters

Birs ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month).^[2] Birs has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[45]