Lake Athabasca

large glacial lake in northern Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada
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Lake Athabasca
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Lake Athabasca

Summary

Lake Athabasca is a lake[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (114 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lake Athabasca is located in Saskatchewan[3].
  • Lake Athabasca is located in Alberta[4].
  • Lake Athabasca is in the country of Canada[5].
  • Lake Athabasca's image is recorded as Lake Athabasca, Canada.jpg[6].
  • Lake Athabasca's instance of is recorded as lake[7].
  • Lake Athabasca's inflows is recorded as Athabasca River[8].
  • Lake Athabasca's inflows is recorded as Fond du Lac River[9].
  • Lake Athabasca's inflows is recorded as Grease River[10].
  • Lake Athabasca's inflows is recorded as Harrison River[11].
  • Lake Athabasca's inflows is recorded as MacFarlane River[12].
  • Lake Athabasca's inflows is recorded as William River[13].
  • Lake Athabasca's inflows is recorded as Oldman River[14].
  • Lake Athabasca's outflows is recorded as Slave River[15].
  • Lake Athabasca's basin country is recorded as Canada[16].
  • Lake Athabasca's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 235155086[17].
  • Lake Athabasca's GND ID is recorded as 4283934-8[18].
  • Lake Athabasca's locator map image is recorded as Lake Athabasca.png[19].
  • Lake Athabasca's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85009099[20].
  • Lake Athabasca's IdRef ID is recorded as 083922555[21].
  • Lake Athabasca's Commons category is recorded as Lake Athabasca[22].
  • Lake Athabasca's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2791738[23].
  • Lake Athabasca's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 59.266666666667, 'lon': -109.45}[24].
  • Lake Athabasca's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/024gd3[25].
  • Lake Athabasca's CGNDB unique ID is recorded as HAUGA[26].
  • Lake Athabasca's CGNDB unique ID is recorded as HAVHB[27].

Body

Geography

Lake Athabasca is in the country of Canada[5]. Located in include Saskatchewan[3], a province of Canada[28], in Canada[29], founded in 1905[30] and Alberta[4], a province of Canada[31], in Canada[32], founded in 1905[33].

Physical Characteristics

Lake Athabasca's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+7850'}[34]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+213'}[35]. Its length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+283'}[36].

Designation and Status

Lake Athabasca's instance of is recorded as lake[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Lake Athabasca include athabascaite[37], a mineral species[38] and Athabasca District[39], a district of the Northwest Territories[40], in Canada[41], founded in 1882[42].

Why It Matters

Lake Athabasca ranks in the top 2% of lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (114 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Entities named for it include athabascaite[37], a mineral species[38] and Athabasca District[39], a district of the Northwest Territories[40], in Canada[41], founded in 1882[42].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [36] . wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . wikidata.org.
  28. [34] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site

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
  7. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [42] . 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. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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