Shatt al-Arab

river in Southwest Asia, formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and the Tigris in the town of al-Qurnah in the Basra Governorate of southern Iraq
Place river Q166966
Shatt al-Arab
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Shatt al-Arab

Summary

Shatt al-Arab is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 0.48% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (449 views/month, #65 of 13,643).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shatt al-Arab is located in Basra Governorate[3].
  • Shatt al-Arab is located in Khuzestan Province[4].
  • Shatt al-Arab is in the country of Iran[5].
  • Shatt al-Arab is in the country of Iraq[6].
  • Shatt al-Arab's image is recorded as Shat Al-Arab-Basra.jpg[7].
  • Shatt al-Arab's continent is recorded as Asia[8].
  • Shatt al-Arab's instance of is recorded as river[9].
  • Shatt al-Arab's basin country is recorded as Iraq[10].
  • Shatt al-Arab's basin country is recorded as Iran[11].
  • Shatt al-Arab's basin country is recorded as Syria[12].
  • Shatt al-Arab's basin country is recorded as Saudi Arabia[13].
  • Shatt al-Arab's basin country is recorded as Kuwait[14].
  • Shatt al-Arab's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 225281536[15].
  • Shatt al-Arab's GND ID is recorded as 4273250-5[16].
  • Shatt al-Arab's locator map image is recorded as Tigr-euph.png[17].
  • Shatt al-Arab's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85121163[18].
  • Shatt al-Arab's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 121646532[19].
  • Shatt al-Arab's IdRef ID is recorded as 030176603[20].
  • Shatt al-Arab's Commons category is recorded as Shatt al-Arab[21].
  • Shatt al-Arab's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2632550[22].
  • Shatt al-Arab's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Persian Gulf[23].
  • Shatt al-Arab's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.0043, 'lon': 47.4421}[24].
  • Shatt al-Arab's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 29.9369, 'lon': 48.6077}[25].
  • Shatt al-Arab's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012tkf[26].
  • Shatt al-Arab's origin of the watercourse is recorded as Tigris[27].

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Geography

Country listings include Iran[5], a sovereign state[28], in Iran[29], founded in 1979[30] and Iraq[6], a sovereign state[31], in Iraq[32], founded in 1932[33]. Located in include Basra Governorate[3], a governorate of Iraq[34], in Iraq[35] and Khuzestan Province[4], a province of Iran[36], in Iran[37]. Shatt al-Arab's continent is recorded as Asia[8].

Physical Characteristics

Shatt al-Arab's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+200'}[38].

Designation and Status

Shatt al-Arab's instance of is recorded as river[9].

Why It Matters

Shatt al-Arab ranks in the top 0.48% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (449 views/month, #65 of 13,643).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 96 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [38] . wikidata.org.

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. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . 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. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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