Continental Divide of the Americas

principal hydrological divide of North and South America
Place drainage_divide Q43743
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Continental Divide of the Americas

Summary

Continental Divide of the Americas is a drainage divide[1]. It draws 1,391 Wikipedia views per month (drainage_divide category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Continental Divide of the Americas is in the country of Canada[3].
  • Continental Divide of the Americas is in the country of United States[4].
  • Continental Divide of the Americas's image is recorded as Continental Divide in Yellowstone-750px.JPG[5].
  • Continental Divide of the Americas's continent is recorded as Americas[6].
  • Continental Divide of the Americas's instance of is recorded as drainage divide[7].
  • Continental Divide of the Americas's location is recorded as Americas[8].
  • Continental Divide of the Americas's Commons category is recorded as Continental Divide of the Americas[9].
  • Continental Divide of the Americas's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 205015[10].
  • Continental Divide of the Americas's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012k7s[11].
  • Continental Divide of the Americas's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10042678[12].
  • Continental Divide of the Americas's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Continental-Divide[13].
  • Continental Divide of the Americas's GeoNames ID is recorded as 5417848[14].
  • Continental Divide of the Americas's Quora topic ID is recorded as Continental-Divide-of-the-Americas[15].
  • Continental Divide of the Americas's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i82555[16].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Canada[3], a dominion of the British Empire[17], in Canada[18], founded in 1867[19] and United States[4], a sovereign state[20], in United States[21], founded in 1776[22]. Continental Divide of the Americas's continent is recorded as Americas[6].

Designation and Status

Continental Divide of the Americas's instance of is recorded as drainage divide[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Continental Divide of the Americas include Continental Divide Trail[23], a long-distance hiking trail[24], in United States[25], founded in 1978[26] and Summit County[27], a county of Colorado[28], in United States[29], founded in 1861[30].

Why It Matters

Continental Divide of the Americas draws 1,391 Wikipedia views per month (drainage_divide category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for it include Continental Divide Trail[23], a long-distance hiking trail[24], in United States[25], founded in 1978[26] and Summit County[27], a county of Colorado[28], in United States[29], founded in 1861[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [30] . 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. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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