run-of-river hydroelectric power station

type of hydroelectric power station with output fluctuating as river flow changes
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run-of-river hydroelectric power station

Summary

run-of-river hydroelectric power station ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (788 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • run-of-river hydroelectric power station is a type of hydroelectric power station[2].
  • run-of-river hydroelectric power station's Commons category is recorded as Run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plants[3].
  • run-of-river hydroelectric power station is the opposite of reservoir power station[4].
  • run-of-river hydroelectric power station's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Run-of-the-river power stations[5].
  • run-of-river hydroelectric power station's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as plant:method=run-of-the-river[6].
  • run-of-river hydroelectric power station's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as plant:source=hydro[7].
  • run-of-river hydroelectric power station's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as power=plant[8].

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Definition and Type

run-of-river hydroelectric power station is a type of hydroelectric power station[2]. It is the opposite of reservoir power station[4].

Why It Matters

run-of-river hydroelectric power station ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (788 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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  2. [9] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 ['Q19705', 'Q19603', 'Q5792']
    Subclass of
    Topic's main category Category:Run-of-the-river power stations
    Opposite of reservoir power station
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
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