river
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Summary
river is an ecosystem type[1]. river draws 15,177 Wikipedia views per month (ecosystem type category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: type of watercourse[3], type of stream (flowing liquid)[4]
- Subclass of: watercourse[5], open water[6], river water body[7], geographic location[8]
- Has use: water sport[9], fishing[10], boating[11], water transport[12], hydroelectricity[13], inland navigation[14], water supply[15]
- Commons category: Rivers[16]
- Said to be the same as: perennial stream[17]
- Has part(s): water[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Rivers[19], Q9701284[20]
- Commons gallery: River[21]
- Facet of: drainage system[22]
- OpenStreetMap tag: waterway=river[23]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[26], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[27], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[28], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[31], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[32]
- Partially coincident with: stream[33]
- Topic has template: Template:Rivers, streams and springs[34], Template:Infobox river[35], Template:河流系列模板[36]
- Used by: watercraft[37], aquatic organism[38], swimmer[39], fisher[40], boater[41], hydroelectric power station[42], by river[43]
- Main Wikidata property: P9700[44]
- Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/River[45], https://schema.org/RiverBodyOfWater[46], https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/Q374[47], http://geo.linkeddata.es/ontology/Río[48]
- Different from: Fluss[49], Reka[50], Řeka[51]
- Properties for this type: P885[52], P403[53], P2043[54], P4614[55], P469[56], P17[57]
Body
Influence
Things named for river include Punjab[58], a region[59], in Pakistan[60]; kappa[61], a fictional taxon[62]; Asahikawa[63], a core city of Japan[64], in Japan[65]; River-class patrol vessel[66], a ship class[67], founded in 2003[68]; Pinar del Río[69], a city[70], in Cuba[71], founded in 1669[72]; Naihati[73], a municipality of West Bengal[74], in India[75]; River-class destroyer escort[76], a ship class[77], founded in 1961[78]; and River-class submarine[79], a submarine class[80], founded in 1932[81].
Why It Matters
river has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[82] river is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[83]
Entities named for river include Punjab[58], a region[59], in Pakistan[60]; kappa[61], a fictional taxon[62]; Asahikawa[63], a core city of Japan[64], in Japan[65]; River-class patrol vessel[66], a ship class[67], founded in 2003[68]; Pinar del Río[69], a city[70], in Cuba[71], founded in 1669[72]; and Naihati[73], a municipality of West Bengal[74], in India[75].