ditch

Summary

ditch is a type of watercourse^[1]. ditch draws 143 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_watercourse category, ranking #5 of 9).^[2]

Key Facts

• ditch's instance of is recorded as type of watercourse^[3].
• ditch is a type of watercourse^[4].
• ditch is a type of trench^[5].
• ditch is used for water supply^[6].
• ditch is used for drainage^[7].
• ditch is used for tile drainage^[8].
• ditch is used for agricultural irrigation^[9].
• ditch's Commons category is recorded as Ditches^[10].
• ditch's described at URL is recorded as https://phys.org/news/2025-09-ditches-waterways-ditch-scapes-communities.html^[11].
• ditch's facet of is recorded as arable land^[12].
• ditch's facet of is recorded as agriculture^[13].
• ditch's facet of is recorded as road^[14].
• ditch's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as waterway=ditch^[15].
• ditch's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan^[16].
• ditch's different from is recorded as Cannavà^[17].
• ditch's different from is recorded as Dike^[18].
• ditch's different from is recorded as acequia^[19].
• ditch's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000037^[20].
• ditch's contains is recorded as water^[21].
• ditch's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[22].

Body

Definition and Type

ditch's instance of is recorded as type of watercourse^[3]. Recorded subclass of include watercourse^[4] and trench^[5].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include water supply^[6], drainage^[7], tile drainage^[8], and agricultural irrigation^[9].

Influence

Things named for ditch include Na příkopě^[23], a street^[24], in Czech Republic^[25].

Why It Matters

ditch draws 143 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_watercourse category, ranking #5 of 9).^[2] ditch has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26] ditch is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]

Entities named for ditch include Na příkopě^[23], a street^[24], in Czech Republic^[25].