Helmand River

river in Afghanistan and Iran
Place river Q8510
Helmand River
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Helmand River

Summary

Helmand River is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (169 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Helmand River is in the country of Afghanistan[3].
  • Helmand River is in the country of Iran[4].
  • Helmand River's route map is recorded as Helmandrivermap.png[5].
  • Helmand River's image is recorded as Aerial photograph of Helmand River at Gereshk in 2011.jpg[6].
  • Helmand River's continent is recorded as Asia[7].
  • Helmand River's instance of is recorded as river[8].
  • Helmand River's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 248554363[9].
  • Helmand River's GND ID is recorded as 4095290-3[10].
  • Helmand River's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh86007799[11].
  • Helmand River's Commons category is recorded as Helmand River[12].
  • Helmand River's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 5252846[13].
  • Helmand River's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Hamun-e Helmand[14].
  • Helmand River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.652902777778, 'lon': 68.683577777778}[15].
  • Helmand River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.081077777778, 'lon': 61.367986111111}[16].
  • Helmand River's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/014ywh[17].
  • Helmand River's origin of the watercourse is recorded as Hindu Kush[18].
  • Helmand River's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Helmand River[19].
  • Helmand River's tributary is recorded as Arghandab River[20].
  • Helmand River's tributary is recorded as Musa Qala River[21].
  • Helmand River's category for the water basin is recorded as Category:Helmand River drainage basin[22].
  • Helmand River's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10038769[23].
  • Helmand River's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • Helmand River's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
  • Helmand River's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[26].
  • Helmand River's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Afghanistan[3], a sovereign state[28], in Afghanistan[29], founded in 1709[30] and Iran[4], a sovereign state[31], in Iran[32], founded in 1979[33]. Helmand River's continent is recorded as Asia[7].

Physical Characteristics

Helmand River's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+1150'}[34].

Designation and Status

Helmand River's instance of is recorded as river[8].

Why It Matters

Helmand River ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (169 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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