San Francisco Bay

Summary

San Francisco Bay is a bay^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.57% of bay entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (625 views/month, #8 of 1,398).^[2]

Key Facts

• San Francisco Bay is located in California^[3].
• San Francisco Bay is in the country of United States^[4].
• San Francisco Bay's image is recorded as Bay Area by Sentinel-2, 2019-03-11 (small version).jpg^[5].
• San Francisco Bay's instance of is recorded as bay^[6].
• San Francisco Bay's inflows is recorded as Sacramento River^[7].
• San Francisco Bay's inflows is recorded as San Joaquin River^[8].
• San Francisco Bay's inflows is recorded as Adobe Creek^[9].
• San Francisco Bay's inflows is recorded as Alameda Creek^[10].
• San Francisco Bay's inflows is recorded as Cerrito Creek^[11].
• San Francisco Bay's inflows is recorded as Codornices Creek^[12].
• San Francisco Bay's inflows is recorded as Colma Creek^[13].
• San Francisco Bay's inflows is recorded as Larkspur Creek^[14].
• San Francisco Bay's inflows is recorded as San Leandro Creek^[15].
• San Francisco Bay's inflows is recorded as San Lorenzo Creek^[16].
• San Francisco Bay's inflows is recorded as San Mateo Creek^[17].
• San Francisco Bay's inflows is recorded as Strawberry Creek^[18].
• San Francisco Bay's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 316432037^[19].
• San Francisco Bay's GND ID is recorded as 4118327-7^[20].
• San Francisco Bay's locator map image is recorded as Wpdms usgs photo san francisco bay.jpg^[21].
• San Francisco Bay's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85117095^[22].
• San Francisco Bay's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12478088r^[23].
• San Francisco Bay's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00628560^[24].
• San Francisco Bay's Commons category is recorded as San Francisco Bay^[25].
• San Francisco Bay's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 9451753^[26].
• San Francisco Bay's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Pacific Ocean^[27].

Body

Geography

San Francisco Bay is in the country of United States^[4]. It is located in California^[3].

Designation and Status

San Francisco Bay's instance of is recorded as bay^[6]. Its heritage designation is recorded as Ramsar site^[28].

Cultural Significance

Things named for San Francisco Bay include San Francisco Bay Area^[29], a metropolitan area^[30], in United States^[31]; Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport^[32], an international airport^[33], in United States^[34], founded in 1927^[35]; and San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge^[36], a double-decker bridge^[37], in United States^[38], founded in 1933^[39].

Why It Matters

San Francisco Bay ranks in the top 0.57% of bay entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (625 views/month, #8 of 1,398).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]

Entities named for it include San Francisco Bay Area^[29], a metropolitan area^[30], in United States^[31]; Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport^[32], an international airport^[33], in United States^[34], founded in 1927^[35]; and San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge^[36], a double-decker bridge^[37], in United States^[38], founded in 1933^[39].