Murchison Falls

Summary

Murchison Falls is a waterfall^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of waterfall entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (139 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Murchison Falls is located in Uganda^[3].
• Murchison Falls is in the country of Uganda^[4].
• Murchison Falls's image is recorded as Murchison Falls 573x430.jpg^[5].
• Murchison Falls's image is recorded as Murchison Falls from above.jpg^[6].
• Murchison Falls's instance of is recorded as waterfall^[7].
• Roderick Murchison, 1st Baronet is named after Murchison Falls^[8].
• Murchison Falls's part of is recorded as White Nile^[9].
• Murchison Falls's Commons category is recorded as Murchison Falls^[10].
• Murchison Falls's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 2.2773138888889, 'lon': 31.683347222222}^[11].
• Murchison Falls's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06ff7t^[12].
• Murchison Falls's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0035196^[13].
• Murchison Falls's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Murchison-Falls^[14].
• Murchison Falls's GeoNames ID is recorded as 233063^[15].
• Murchison Falls's UN/LOCODE is recorded as UGKBG^[16].
• Murchison Falls's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+43'}^[17].
• Murchison Falls's width is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+7'}^[18].
• Murchison Falls's discharge is recorded as {'unit': 'Q794261', 'amount': '+300'}^[19].
• Murchison Falls's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -1728240^[20].
• Murchison Falls's located in protected area is recorded as Murchison Falls National Park^[21].
• Murchison Falls's World Waterfall Database ID is recorded as 121^[22].
• Murchison Falls's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Murchison_Falls^[23].
• Murchison Falls's drainage basin is recorded as Nile basin^[24].
• Murchison Falls's Atlas Obscura place ID is recorded as murchison-falls-kabalega-falls^[25].
• Murchison Falls's World of Waterfalls ID is recorded as africa-murchison-falls^[26].
• Murchison Falls's OpenStreetMap node ID is recorded as 2686178416^[27].

Body

Geography

Murchison Falls is in the country of Uganda^[4]. It is located in Uganda^[3]. Its part of is recorded as White Nile^[9].

Designation and Status

Murchison Falls's instance of is recorded as waterfall^[7].

History and Context

Roderick Murchison, 1st Baronet is named after Murchison Falls^[8].

Why It Matters

Murchison Falls ranks in the top 3% of waterfall entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (139 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]