Bow River

watercourse in Alberta, Canada
Place river Q895385
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Bow River

Summary

Bow River is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (175 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bow River is located in Alberta[3].
  • Bow River is in the country of Canada[4].
  • Bow River's image is recorded as Bow River Calgary 2.jpg[5].
  • Bow River's image is recorded as Morant’s Curve, Banff National Park.jpg[6].
  • Bow River's instance of is recorded as river[7].
  • bow is named after Bow River[8].
  • Bow River's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 247424564[9].
  • Bow River's GND ID is recorded as 7614075-1[10].
  • Bow River's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh87002684[11].
  • Bow River's Commons category is recorded as Bow River[12].
  • Bow River's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 9631291[13].
  • Bow River's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as South Saskatchewan River[14].
  • Bow River's lake on watercourse is recorded as Bow Lake[15].
  • Bow River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 49.93472222222222, 'lon': -111.68861111111111}[16].
  • Bow River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.71194166666667, 'lon': -116.4920638888889}[17].
  • Bow River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 49.933333, 'lon': -111.691667}[18].
  • Bow River's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02ql97[19].
  • Bow River's CGNDB unique ID is recorded as IAHZE[20].
  • Bow River's origin of the watercourse is recorded as Bow Glacier[21].
  • Bow River's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bow River[22].
  • Bow River's tributary is recorded as Cascade River[23].
  • Bow River's tributary is recorded as Elbow River[24].
  • Bow River's tributary is recorded as Johnston Creek[25].
  • Bow River's tributary is recorded as Kananaskis River[26].
  • Bow River's tributary is recorded as Spray River[27].

Body

Geography

Bow River is in the country of Canada[4]. It is located in Alberta[3].

Physical Characteristics

Bow River's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+710'}[28]. Lengths include {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+673'}[29] and {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+587'}[30].

Designation and Status

Bow River's instance of is recorded as river[7].

History and Context

bow is named after Bow River[8].

Why It Matters

Bow River ranks in the top 1% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (175 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. 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] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . britannica.com. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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