Main

Summary

Main is a river^[1]. Main ranks in the top 0.73% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (312 views/month, #99 of 13,643).^[2]

Key Facts

• Main is located in Bavaria^[3].
• Main is located in Baden-Württemberg^[4].
• Main is located in Hesse^[5].
• Main is in the country of Germany^[6].
• Main's route map is recorded as Main-Karte-160710.jpg^[7].
• Main's image is recorded as Würzburg Löwenbrücke.jpg^[8].
• Main's continent is recorded as Europe^[9].
• Main's instance of is recorded as river^[10].
• Main's basin country is recorded as Germany^[11].
• Main's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 256144783106384896315^[12].
• Main's GND ID is recorded as 4037107-4^[13].
• Main's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85079900^[14].
• Main's Commons category is recorded as Main (river)^[15].
• Main's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 412876^[16].
• Main's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Rhine^[17].
• Main's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[18].
• Main's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[19].
• Main's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 49.994444444444, 'lon': 8.2933333333333}^[20].
• Main's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.0864, 'lon': 11.3983}^[21].
• Main's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 49.9944, 'lon': 8.2933}^[22].
• Main's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04zyx^[23].
• Main's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge320124^[24].
• Main's origin of the watercourse is recorded as Upper Franconia^[25].
• Main's origin of the watercourse is recorded as Red Main^[26].
• Main's origin of the watercourse is recorded as White Main^[27].

Body

Geography

Main is in the country of Germany^[6]. Located in include Bavaria^[3], a federated state of Germany^[28], in Germany^[29], founded in 1919^[30]; Baden-Württemberg^[4], a federated state of Germany^[31], in Germany^[32], founded in 1952^[33]; and Hesse^[5], a federated state of Germany^[34], in Germany^[35], founded in 1946^[36]. Main's continent is recorded as Europe^[9].

Designation and Status

Main's instance of is recorded as river^[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Main include Mainz^[37], a big city^[38], in Germany^[39], founded in -0012^[40]; Rhine-Main-Danube Canal^[41], a canal^[42], in Germany^[43]; Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region^[44], a metropolitan region in Germany^[45], in Germany^[46]; Mainhattan^[47], a nickname^[48], in Germany^[49]; Main-Spessart^[50], a District of Bavaria^[51], in Germany^[52], founded in 1972^[53]; and Main-Franconian^[54], a language^[55], in Germany^[56].

Why It Matters

Main ranks in the top 0.73% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (312 views/month, #99 of 13,643).^[2] Main has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[57] Main is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[58]

Entities named for Main include Mainz^[37], a big city^[38], in Germany^[39], founded in -0012^[40]; Rhine-Main-Danube Canal^[41], a canal^[42], in Germany^[43]; Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region^[44], a metropolitan region in Germany^[45], in Germany^[46]; Mainhattan^[47], a nickname^[48], in Germany^[49]; Main-Spessart^[50], a District of Bavaria^[51], in Germany^[52], founded in 1972^[53]; and Main-Franconian^[54], a language^[55], in Germany^[56].