Richelieu River

Summary

Richelieu River is a river^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (68 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Richelieu River is located in Montérégie^[3].
• Richelieu River is in the country of Canada^[4].
• Richelieu River is in the country of United States^[5].
• Richelieu River's image is recorded as Richelieu River at Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu.JPG^[6].
• Richelieu River's instance of is recorded as river^[7].
• Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu is named after Richelieu River^[8].
• Richelieu River's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 237759866^[9].
• Richelieu River's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 47148570685524311811^[10].
• Richelieu River's GND ID is recorded as 4198296-4^[11].
• Richelieu River's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85113928^[12].
• Richelieu River's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119338937^[13].
• Richelieu River's IdRef ID is recorded as 027257274^[14].
• Richelieu River's Commons category is recorded as Rivière Richelieu (Montérégie)^[15].
• Richelieu River's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 5990710^[16].
• Richelieu River's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as St. Lawrence River^[17].
• Richelieu River's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 975764^[18].
• Richelieu River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.04694444444444, 'lon': -73.12}^[19].
• Richelieu River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 45.014722222222225, 'lon': -73.34472222222222}^[20].
• Richelieu River's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01pfd1^[21].
• Richelieu River's CGNDB unique ID is recorded as EHVWK^[22].
• Richelieu River's origin of the watercourse is recorded as Lake Champlain^[23].
• Richelieu River's tributary is recorded as Rivière L'Acadie^[24].
• Richelieu River's tributary is recorded as Chambly Canal^[25].
• Richelieu River's tributary is recorded as Rivière des Hurons^[26].
• Richelieu River's tributary is recorded as Rivière Lacolle^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Canada^[4], a dominion of the British Empire^[28], in Canada^[29], founded in 1867^[30] and United States^[5], a sovereign state^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 1776^[33]. Richelieu River is located in Montérégie^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Richelieu River's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+124'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Richelieu River's instance of is recorded as river^[7].

History and Context

Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu is named after Richelieu River^[8].

Why It Matters

Richelieu River ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (68 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]