Kanawha River

tributary of Ohio River in West Virginia, United States
Place river Q918867
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Kanawha River

Summary

Kanawha River is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (166 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kanawha River is located in West Virginia[3].
  • Kanawha River is in the country of United States[4].
  • Kanawha River's image is recorded as Kanawha River.jpg[5].
  • Kanawha River's instance of is recorded as river[6].
  • Kanawha River's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315526906[7].
  • Kanawha River's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85071450[8].
  • Kanawha River's Commons category is recorded as Kanawha River[9].
  • Kanawha River's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2182498[10].
  • Kanawha River's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Ohio River[11].
  • Kanawha River's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1551620[12].
  • Kanawha River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.1614, 'lon': -81.1964}[13].
  • Kanawha River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.8372, 'lon': -82.1419}[14].
  • Kanawha River's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02w8yq[15].
  • Kanawha River's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kanawha River[16].
  • Kanawha River's tributary is recorded as Coal River[17].
  • Kanawha River's tributary is recorded as Elk River[18].
  • Kanawha River's tributary is recorded as New River[19].
  • Kanawha River's tributary is recorded as Gauley River[20].
  • Kanawha River's tributary is recorded as Pocatalico River[21].
  • Kanawha River's tributary is recorded as Paint Creek[22].
  • Kanawha River's tributary is recorded as Armstrong Creek[23].
  • Kanawha River's tributary is recorded as Campbells Creek (West Virginia)[24].
  • Kanawha River's tributary is recorded as Cabin Creek[25].
  • Kanawha River's tributary is recorded as Kellys Creek[26].
  • Kanawha River's tributary is recorded as Lens Creek[27].

Body

Geography

Kanawha River is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in West Virginia[3].

Physical Characteristics

Kanawha River's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+156'}[28].

Designation and Status

Kanawha River's instance of is recorded as river[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Kanawha River include Kanawha County[29], a county of West Virginia[30], in United States[31], founded in 1788[32].

Why It Matters

Kanawha River ranks in the top 1% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (166 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for it include Kanawha County[29], a county of West Virginia[30], in United States[31], founded in 1788[32].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . 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. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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