Rock Creek

tributary of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland and Washington, D.C., in the United States
Place river Q2352739
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Rock Creek

Summary

Rock Creek is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rock Creek is located in Washington, D.C.[3].
  • Rock Creek is located in Montgomery County[4].
  • Rock Creek is in the country of United States[5].
  • Rock Creek's image is recorded as Rock Creek (48377537672).jpg[6].
  • Rock Creek's continent is recorded as North America[7].
  • Rock Creek's instance of is recorded as river[8].
  • Rock Creek's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315160920[9].
  • Rock Creek's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85114659[10].
  • Rock Creek's Commons category is recorded as Rock Creek[11].
  • Rock Creek's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Potomac River[12].
  • Rock Creek's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 531463[13].
  • Rock Creek's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.899556, 'lon': -77.0572}[14].
  • Rock Creek's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04224c[15].
  • Rock Creek's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rock Creek (Potomac River tributary)[16].
  • Rock Creek's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10038453[17].
  • Rock Creek's GeoNames ID is recorded as 4140203[18].
  • Rock Creek's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Rock Creek'}[19].
  • Rock Creek's different from is recorded as Rock Creek[20].
  • Rock Creek's FAST ID is recorded as 1712369[21].
  • Rock Creek's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00174574n[22].
  • Rock Creek's located in protected area is recorded as Rock Creek Park[23].
  • Rock Creek's Google Maps Customer ID is recorded as 11752779992757768721[24].
  • Rock Creek's drainage basin is recorded as Potomac River drainage basin[25].
  • Rock Creek's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["River", "RockCreek::kpc5n"][26].
  • Rock Creek's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007541225605171[27].

Body

Geography

Rock Creek is in the country of United States[5]. Located in include Washington, D.C.[3], a city in the United States[28], in United States[29], founded in 1790[30] and Montgomery County[4], a county of Maryland[31], in United States[32], founded in 1776[33]. Its continent is recorded as North America[7].

Designation and Status

Rock Creek's instance of is recorded as river[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Rock Creek include Rockville[34], a city in the United States[35], in United States[36], founded in 1700[37] and Rock Creek Park[38], an urban park[39], in United States[40], founded in 1897[41].

Why It Matters

Rock Creek ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for it include Rockville[34], a city in the United States[35], in United States[36], founded in 1700[37] and Rock Creek Park[38], an urban park[39], in United States[40], founded in 1897[41].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . explorenaturalcommunities.org. Retrieved . explorenaturalcommunities.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . explorenaturalcommunities.org. Retrieved . explorenaturalcommunities.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . google.com. Retrieved . google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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