Kankakee River

tributary of the Illinois River
Place river Q8642
Kankakee River
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Kankakee River

Summary

Kankakee River is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (77 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kankakee River is located in Illinois[3].
  • Kankakee River is in the country of United States[4].
  • Kankakee River's image is recorded as Kankakee River at Kankakee.jpg[5].
  • Kankakee River's instance of is recorded as river[6].
  • Kankakee River's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315529806[7].
  • Kankakee River's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85071474[8].
  • Kankakee River's Commons category is recorded as Kankakee River[9].
  • Kankakee River's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 10922776[10].
  • Kankakee River's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Illinois River[11].
  • Kankakee River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.3904, 'lon': -88.2603}[12].
  • Kankakee River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.6541, 'lon': -86.3053}[13].
  • Kankakee River's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/035p45[14].
  • Kankakee River's tributary is recorded as Yellow River[15].
  • Kankakee River's tributary is recorded as Iroquois River[16].
  • Kankakee River's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10043173[17].
  • Kankakee River's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[18].
  • Kankakee River's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Kankakee-River[19].
  • Kankakee River's GeoNames ID is recorded as 4898199[20].
  • Kankakee River's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 2431102[21].
  • Kankakee River's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+144'}[22].
  • Kankakee River's watershed area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+5150'}[23].
  • Kankakee River's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03588139n[24].
  • Kankakee River's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Kankakee_-_elv[25].
  • Kankakee River's drainage basin is recorded as Illinois River drainage basin[26].
  • Kankakee River's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["River", "KankakeeRiver::7z3pp"][27].

Body

Geography

Kankakee River is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Illinois[3].

Physical Characteristics

Kankakee River's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+144'}[22].

Designation and Status

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

Cultural Significance

Things named for Kankakee River include Kankakee County[28], a county of Illinois[29], in United States[30], founded in 1853[31].

Why It Matters

Kankakee River ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (77 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32]

Entities named for it include Kankakee County[28], a county of Illinois[29], in United States[30], founded in 1853[31].

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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . 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. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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