Lake Agassiz

glacial lake in North America
LakeBodyOfWater glacial_lake Q390804
Lake Agassiz
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Lake Agassiz

Summary

Lake Agassiz is a glacial lake[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of glacial_lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (497 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lake Agassiz is located in Saskatchewan[3].
  • Lake Agassiz is located in Manitoba[4].
  • Lake Agassiz is located in Ontario[5].
  • Lake Agassiz is located in Minnesota[6].
  • Lake Agassiz is located in North Dakota[7].
  • Lake Agassiz is in the country of Canada[8].
  • Lake Agassiz is in the country of United States[9].
  • Lake Agassiz's image is recorded as Herman Beach plate06.JPG[10].
  • Lake Agassiz's instance of is recorded as glacial lake[11].
  • Lake Agassiz's instance of is recorded as paleolake[12].
  • Louis Agassiz is named after Lake Agassiz[13].
  • Lake Agassiz's followed by is recorded as Lake Winnipeg[14].
  • Lake Agassiz's outflows is recorded as Glacial River Warren[15].
  • Lake Agassiz's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 316597952[16].
  • Lake Agassiz's locator map image is recorded as Agassiz.jpg[17].
  • Lake Agassiz's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85002051[18].
  • Lake Agassiz's Commons category is recorded as Lake Agassiz[19].
  • Lake Agassiz's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51, 'lon': -98}[20].
  • Lake Agassiz's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0131_x[21].
  • Lake Agassiz's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Lake-Agassiz[22].
  • Lake Agassiz's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+440000'}[23].
  • Lake Agassiz's width is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+476'}[24].
  • Lake Agassiz's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Agassiz-sjøen[25].
  • Lake Agassiz's vertical depth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+200'}[26].
  • Lake Agassiz's Canadian Encyclopedia article ID is recorded as lake-agassiz[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Canada[8], a dominion of the British Empire[28], in Canada[29], founded in 1867[30] and United States[9], a sovereign state[31], in United States[32], founded in 1776[33]. Located in include Saskatchewan[3], a province of Canada[34], in Canada[35], founded in 1905[36]; Manitoba[4], a province of Canada[37], in Canada[38], founded in 1870[39]; Ontario[5], a province of Canada[40], in Canada[41], founded in 1867[42]; Minnesota[6], an U.S. state[43], in United States[44], founded in 1858[45]; and North Dakota[7], an U.S. state[46], in United States[47], founded in 1889[48].

Physical Characteristics

Lake Agassiz's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+440000'}[23].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include glacial lake[11] and paleolake[12].

History and Context

Louis Agassiz is named after Lake Agassiz[13].

Why It Matters

Lake Agassiz ranks in the top 4% of glacial_lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (497 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

References

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  1. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . Quaternary Science Reviews. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  20. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  21. [48] . 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. [49] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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