Ganges

Summary

Ganges is a river^[1]. Ganges ranks in the top 0.037% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,803 views/month, #5 of 13,643).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ganges is in the country of India^[3].
• Ganges's image is recorded as View of Ghats across the Ganges, Varanasi.jpg^[4].
• Ganges's continent is recorded as Asia^[5].
• Ganges's instance of is recorded as river^[6].
• Ganges's instance of is recorded as sacred river^[7].
• Gangā is named after Ganges^[8].
• Ganges's basin country is recorded as India^[9].
• Ganges's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 134989216^[10].
• Ganges's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 251205486^[11].
• Ganges's GND ID is recorded as 4019227-1^[12].
• Ganges's locator map image is recorded as Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basins.jpg^[13].
• Ganges's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85053016^[14].
• Ganges's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00628411^[15].
• Ganges's Commons category is recorded as Ganges River^[16].
• Ganges's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1236345^[17].
• Ganges's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Bay of Bengal^[18].
• Ganges's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q9610 (ben)-Titodutta-গঙ্গা নদী.wav^[19].
• Ganges's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q1571 (mar)-सुबोध कुलकर्णी-गंगा नदी.wav^[20].
• Ganges's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 22.0833, 'lon': 90.8333}^[21].
• Ganges's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 30.1451, 'lon': 78.5974}^[22].
• Ganges's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/038df^[23].
• Ganges's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge432467^[24].
• Ganges's origin of the watercourse is recorded as Gangotri Glacier^[25].
• Ganges's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ganges^[26].
• Ganges's tributary is recorded as Varuna River^[27].

Body

Geography

Ganges is in the country of India^[3]. Ganges's continent is recorded as Asia^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Ganges's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+9'}^[28]. Ganges's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+2525'}^[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include river^[6] and sacred river^[7].

History and Context

Gangā is named after Ganges^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Ganges include Indo-Gangetic Plain^[30], a plain^[31], in India^[32]; Ganges Basin^[33], a drainage basin^[34], in Tibet^[35]; Lady Ganga^[36], a surfer^[37], 1966–2012^[38], of United States^[39]; and Ganges Chasma^[40], a chasma^[41].

Why It Matters

Ganges ranks in the top 0.037% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,803 views/month, #5 of 13,643).^[2] Ganges has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] Ganges is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Entities named for Ganges include Indo-Gangetic Plain^[30], a plain^[31], in India^[32]; Ganges Basin^[33], a drainage basin^[34], in Tibet^[35]; Lady Ganga^[36], a surfer^[37], 1966–2012^[38], of United States^[39]; and Ganges Chasma^[40], a chasma^[41].