Samish River

tributary to Samish Bay in Whatcom County and Skagit County, Washington state, United States of America
Place river Q2217202
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Samish River

Summary

Samish River is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Samish River is located in Washington[3].
  • Samish River is located in Whatcom County[4].
  • Samish River is located in Skagit County[5].
  • Samish River is in the country of United States[6].
  • Samish River's image is recorded as Samish-River.jpg[7].
  • Samish River's instance of is recorded as river[8].
  • Samish is named after Samish River[9].
  • Samish River's Commons category is recorded as Samish River[10].
  • Samish River's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Samish Bay[11].
  • Samish River's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1525401[12].
  • Samish River's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 48.56527778, 'longitude': -122.45305556, 'precision': 0.00027777777777778}[13].
  • Samish River's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 48.6851126, 'longitude': -122.1773792, 'precision': 1e-07}[14].
  • Samish River's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0d0fm8[15].
  • Samish River's GeoNames ID is recorded as 5809400[16].
  • Samish River's length is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+49.1'}[17].
  • Samish River's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}[18].
  • Samish River's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11573', 'amount': '+107'}[19].
  • Samish River's watershed area is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q232291', 'amount': '+139'}[20].
  • Samish River's drainage basin is recorded as Puget Sound Basin[21].

Body

Geography

Samish River is in the country of United States[6]. Located in include Washington[3], an U.S. state[22], in United States[23], founded in 1889[24]; Whatcom County[4], a county of Washington[25], in United States[26], founded in 1854[27]; and Skagit County[5], a county of Washington[28], in United States[29], founded in 1883[30].

Physical Characteristics

Elevations include {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}[18] and {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11573', 'amount': '+107'}[19]. Samish River's length is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+49.1'}[17].

Designation and Status

Samish River's instance of is recorded as river[8].

History and Context

Samish is named after Samish River[9].

Why It Matters

Samish River ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . The National Map. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . National Hydrography Dataset. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . National Elevation Dataset. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . National Elevation Dataset. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . National Hydrography Dataset. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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