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Rhine Falls

waterfall on the Rhein River in Switzerland
Place waterfall Q214924
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Summary

Rhine Falls is a waterfall[1]. It ranks in the top 0.72% of waterfall entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,018 views/month, #8 of 1,114).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Canton of Zürich[3], Canton of Schaffhausen[4]
  • Country: Switzerland[5]
  • Part of: Rhine[6]
  • Commons category: Rhine Falls[7]
  • Has part(s): Rheinfall[8]
  • Official website: http://www.rheinfall.ch[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Rhine Falls[10]
  • Commons gallery: Rheinfall[11]
  • Described by source: Meyer’s Universum, Erster Band[12]
  • Official name: Rheinfall[13]
  • Elevation above sea level: 369 m[14]
  • Height: 23 m[15]
  • Width: 1500 m[16]
  • Discharge: 750 cubic metre per second[17]
  • Drainage basin: Rhine basin[18]

Why It Matters

Rhine Falls has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Q141593662. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Meyer’s Universum, Erster Band
    Instance of → waterfall
    Width → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1500'}
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Canton of Zürich, Canton of Schaffhausen
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Official name: Rheinfall, official name from swisstopo data ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot|swisstopo task]])"
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