canal

Summary

canal is a type of watercourse^[1]. canal draws 1,407 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_watercourse category, ranking #1 of 9).^[2]

Key Facts

• canal's instance of is recorded as type of watercourse^[3].
• canal's instance of is recorded as type of structure^[4].
• canal's instance of is recorded as transport network^[5].
• canal is a type of hydraulic structure^[6].
• canal is a type of artificial body of water^[7].
• canal is a type of linear construction^[8].
• canal is a type of watercourse^[9].
• canal is a type of infrastructure^[10].
• canal is a type of architectural structure^[11].
• canal's Commons category is recorded as Canals^[12].
• canal comprises lock^[13].
• canal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Canals^[14].
• canal's Commons gallery is recorded as Canal^[15].
• canal's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as waterway=canal^[16].
• canal's described by source is recorded as Arkeologisen kulttuuriperinnön opas^[17].
• canal's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[18].
• canal's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• canal's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• canal's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[21].
• canal's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[22].
• canal's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[23].
• canal's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[24].
• canal's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9^[25].
• canal's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox canal^[26].
• canal's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/Canal^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include type of watercourse^[3], type of structure^[4], and transport network^[5]. Recorded subclass of include hydraulic structure^[6], artificial body of water^[7], linear construction^[8], watercourse^[9], infrastructure^[10], and architectural structure^[11].

Use and Application

canal comprises lock^[13].

Influence

Things named for canal include Canal City Hakata^[28], a shopping center^[29], in Japan^[30], founded in 1996^[31].

Why It Matters

canal draws 1,407 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_watercourse category, ranking #1 of 9).^[2] canal has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] canal is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for canal include Canal City Hakata^[28], a shopping center^[29], in Japan^[30], founded in 1996^[31].