Drance

tributary of the Rhone in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
Place river Q689304
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Drance

Summary

Drance is a river[1]. Drance ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Drance is located in Canton of Valais[3].
  • Drance is in the country of Switzerland[4].
  • Drance's image is recorded as Dranse Martigny.jpg[5].
  • Drance's instance of is recorded as river[6].
  • Drance's instance of is recorded as tributary[7].
  • Drance's locator map image is recorded as Drance (Valais) OSM.png[8].
  • Drance's Commons category is recorded as Dranse (Valais)[9].
  • Drance's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Rhône[10].
  • Drance's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.125, 'lon': 7.0658333333333}[11].
  • Drance's origin of the watercourse is recorded as Martigny[12].
  • Drance's origin of the watercourse is recorded as Sembrancher[13].
  • Drance's tributary is recorded as Dranse de Bagnes[14].
  • Drance's tributary is recorded as Dranse d'Entremont[15].
  • Drance's tributary is recorded as Durnand[16].
  • Drance's waterbody number is recorded as CH/136[17].
  • Drance's category for the water basin is recorded as Q8955918[18].
  • Drance's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2660983[19].
  • Drance's different from is recorded as Dranse[20].
  • Drance's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+14.3'}[21].
  • Drance's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+458'}[22].
  • Drance's watershed area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+672'}[23].
  • Drance's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2551810[24].
  • Drance's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122y5gzf[25].
  • Drance's drainage basin is recorded as Rhône basin[26].

Body

Geography

Drance is in the country of Switzerland[4]. Drance is located in Canton of Valais[3].

Physical Characteristics

Drance's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+458'}[22]. Drance's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+14.3'}[21].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include river[6] and tributary[7].

Why It Matters

Drance ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).[2] Drance has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Drance is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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