Delaware River

Summary

Delaware River is a river^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.34% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (547 views/month, #47 of 13,643).^[2]

Key Facts

• Delaware River is credited with the discovery of Henry Hudson^[3].
• Delaware River is located in New York^[4].
• Delaware River is located in New Jersey^[5].
• Delaware River is located in Pennsylvania^[6].
• Delaware River is located in Delaware^[7].
• Delaware River is in the country of United States^[8].
• Delaware River's image is recorded as Hawk's Nest view of DelawareR.jpg^[9].
• Delaware River's instance of is recorded as river^[10].
• Delaware Bay is named after Delaware River^[11].
• Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr is named after Delaware River^[12].
• Delaware River's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 33146152997605251583^[13].
• Delaware River's GND ID is recorded as 4090977-3^[14].
• Delaware River's locator map image is recorded as Delawarerivermap.png^[15].
• Delaware River's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85036551^[16].
• Delaware River's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 15370298x^[17].
• Delaware River's Commons category is recorded as Delaware River^[18].
• Delaware River's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 371307^[19].
• Delaware River's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Delaware Bay^[20].
• Delaware River's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1609-00-00T00:00:00Z^[21].
• Delaware River's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 217887^[22].
• Delaware River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.939, 'lon': -75.2791}^[23].
• Delaware River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.4326, 'lon': -75.5288}^[24].
• Delaware River's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dtzd^[25].
• Delaware River's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Delaware River^[26].
• Delaware River's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX5047227^[27].

Body

Geography

Delaware River is in the country of United States^[8]. Located in include New York^[4], an U.S. state^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1788^[30]; New Jersey^[5], an U.S. state^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 1787^[33]; Pennsylvania^[6], an U.S. state^[34], in United States^[35], founded in 1787^[36]; and Delaware^[7], an U.S. state^[37], in United States^[38], founded in 1787^[39], headquartered in New Castle^[40].

Physical Characteristics

Delaware River's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+579'}^[41].

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

Things named after include Delaware Bay^[11], a bay^[42], in United States^[43] and Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr^[12], 1576–1618^[44], of Kingdom of England^[45].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Delaware River include Delaware County^[46], a county of Pennsylvania^[47], in United States^[48], founded in 1789^[49]; River Line^[50], a named passenger train service^[51], in United States^[52], founded in 2004^[53]; and Delran Township^[54], a township of New Jersey^[55], in United States^[56].

Why It Matters

Delaware River ranks in the top 0.34% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (547 views/month, #47 of 13,643).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[57] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[58]

Entities named for it include Delaware County^[46], a county of Pennsylvania^[47], in United States^[48], founded in 1789^[49]; River Line^[50], a named passenger train service^[51], in United States^[52], founded in 2004^[53]; and Delran Township^[54], a township of New Jersey^[55], in United States^[56].