Chicago River

river in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Place river Q643284
Chicago River
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Chicago River

Summary

Chicago River is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 0.28% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (657 views/month, #38 of 13,643).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chicago River is located in Chicago[3].
  • Chicago River is in the country of United States[4].
  • Chicago River's image is recorded as Chicago River from Michigan Ave.jpg[5].
  • Chicago River's instance of is recorded as river[6].
  • Chicago River's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 242776903[7].
  • Chicago River's GND ID is recorded as 7621972-0[8].
  • Chicago River's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh93005908[9].
  • Chicago River's Commons category is recorded as Chicago River[10].
  • Chicago River's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2192735[11].
  • Chicago River's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as South Branch Chicago River[12].
  • Chicago River's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 406050[13].
  • Chicago River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.8863843, 'lon': -87.6378322}[14].
  • Chicago River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.8883663, 'lon': -87.6136631}[15].
  • Chicago River's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bjpr[16].
  • Chicago River's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge865401[17].
  • Chicago River's origin of the watercourse is recorded as Lake Michigan[18].
  • Chicago River's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10042796[19].
  • Chicago River's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[20].
  • Chicago River's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[21].
  • Chicago River's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Chicago-River[22].
  • Chicago River's GeoNames ID is recorded as 4887501[23].
  • Chicago River's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 2236134[24].
  • Chicago River's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q253276', 'amount': '+1.6'}[25].
  • Chicago River's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q253276', 'amount': '+156'}[26].
  • Chicago River's FAST ID is recorded as 1266798[27].

Body

Geography

Chicago River is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Chicago[3].

Physical Characteristics

Lengths include {'unit': 'Q253276', 'amount': '+1.6'}[25] and {'unit': 'Q253276', 'amount': '+156'}[26].

Designation and Status

Chicago River's instance of is recorded as river[6].

Why It Matters

Chicago River ranks in the top 0.28% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (657 views/month, #38 of 13,643).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . The National Map. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . iiseagrant.org. Retrieved . iiseagrant.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . iiseagrant.org. iiseagrant.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . chicagoriver.org. chicagoriver.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . chicagoriver.org. chicagoriver.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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