Elk River

tributary of the Kanawha River in central West Virginia in the United States
Place river Q5364110
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Elk River

Summary

Elk River is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Elk River is located in Kanawha County[3].
  • Elk River is located in Clay County[4].
  • Elk River is located in Braxton County[5].
  • Elk River is located in Webster County[6].
  • Elk River is located in Randolph County[7].
  • Elk River is located in Pocahontas County[8].
  • Elk River is in the country of United States[9].
  • Elk River's image is recorded as Elk River Charleston.jpg[10].
  • Elk River's instance of is recorded as river[11].
  • Elk River's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315132545[12].
  • Elk River's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh93000405[13].
  • Elk River's Commons category is recorded as Elk River (West Virginia)[14].
  • Elk River's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 6678487[15].
  • Elk River's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Kanawha River[16].
  • Elk River's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1551032[17].
  • Elk River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.355, 'lon': -81.645}[18].
  • Elk River's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07fdl_[19].
  • Elk River's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Elk River (West Virginia)[20].
  • Elk River's tributary is recorded as Birch River[21].
  • Elk River's tributary is recorded as Big Sandy Creek[22].
  • Elk River's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10038732[23].
  • Elk River's GeoNames ID is recorded as 4805001[24].
  • Elk River's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+283'}[25].
  • Elk River's watershed area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2451'}[26].
  • Elk River's drainage basin is recorded as Kanawha River drainage basin[27].

Body

Geography

Elk River is in the country of United States[9]. Located in include Kanawha County[3], a county of West Virginia[28], in United States[29], founded in 1788[30]; Clay County[4], a county of West Virginia[31], in United States[32], founded in 1858[33]; Braxton County[5], a county of West Virginia[34], in United States[35], founded in 1836[36]; Webster County[6], a county of West Virginia[37], in United States[38], founded in 1860[39]; Randolph County[7], a county of West Virginia[40], in United States[41], founded in 1786[42]; and Pocahontas County[8], a county of West Virginia[43], in United States[44], founded in 1821[45].

Physical Characteristics

Elk River's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+283'}[25].

Designation and Status

Elk River's instance of is recorded as river[11].

Why It Matters

Elk River ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  18. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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