Lake Ngami

endorheic basin in Botswana
LakeBodyOfWater endorheic_lake Q849108
Lake Ngami
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Lake Ngami

Summary

Lake Ngami is an endorheic lake[1]. It draws 32 Wikipedia views per month (endorheic_lake category, ranking #16 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lake Ngami is in the country of Botswana[3].
  • Lake Ngami's image is recorded as Lake Ngami-1857.jpg[4].
  • Lake Ngami's instance of is recorded as endorheic lake[5].
  • Lake Ngami's inflows is recorded as Okavango River[6].
  • Lake Ngami's basin country is recorded as Botswana[7].
  • Lake Ngami's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2001000896[8].
  • Lake Ngami's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 123701778[9].
  • Lake Ngami's Commons category is recorded as Lake Ngami[10].
  • Lake Ngami's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1849-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Lake Ngami's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -20.4825, 'lon': 22.7725}[12].
  • Lake Ngami's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02k451[13].
  • Lake Ngami's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Lake Ngami's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[15].
  • Lake Ngami's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • Lake Ngami's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Lake-Ngami[17].
  • Lake Ngami's GeoNames ID is recorded as 933232[18].
  • Lake Ngami's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+35'}[19].
  • Lake Ngami's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+900'}[20].
  • Lake Ngami's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+250'}[21].
  • Lake Ngami's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -1397920[22].
  • Lake Ngami's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Ngami[23].
  • Lake Ngami's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007566388505171[24].
  • Lake Ngami's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/ede02c70-e186-4d33-bcb0-dafb0a6ff257[25].

Body

Geography

Lake Ngami is in the country of Botswana[3].

Physical Characteristics

Lake Ngami's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+250'}[21]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+900'}[20]. Its length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+35'}[19].

Designation and Status

Lake Ngami's instance of is recorded as endorheic lake[5].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Lake Ngami include Ngami Lacuna[26], a lacuna[27].

Why It Matters

Lake Ngami draws 32 Wikipedia views per month (endorheic_lake category, ranking #16 of 19).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for it include Ngami Lacuna[26], a lacuna[27].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . petitfute.com. petitfute.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . datazone.birdlife.org. Retrieved . datazone.birdlife.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . 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. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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