Shire River

river in southern Malawi and central Mozambique
Place river Q2279579
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Shire River

Summary

Shire River is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shire River is in the country of Malawi[3].
  • Shire River is in the country of Mozambique[4].
  • Shire River's image is recorded as Shire fluss liwonde.jpg[5].
  • Shire River's continent is recorded as Africa[6].
  • Shire River's instance of is recorded as river[7].
  • Shire River's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 240469861[8].
  • Shire River's GND ID is recorded as 4295589-0[9].
  • Shire River's locator map image is recorded as Shire (rivière).png[10].
  • Shire River's Commons category is recorded as Shire River[11].
  • Shire River's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 9497427[12].
  • Shire River's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Zambezi River[13].
  • Shire River's lake on watercourse is recorded as Lake Malawi[14].
  • Shire River's lake on watercourse is recorded as Lake Malombe[15].
  • Shire River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -14.416666666667, 'lon': 35.233333333333}[16].
  • Shire River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -17.694444444444, 'lon': 35.319444444444}[17].
  • Shire River's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03m1n4[18].
  • Shire River's origin of the watercourse is recorded as Lake Malawi[19].
  • Shire River's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shire River[20].
  • Shire River's category for the water basin is recorded as Category:Shire basin[21].
  • Shire River's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0062511[22].
  • Shire River's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[23].
  • Shire River's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[24].
  • Shire River's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25].
  • Shire River's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[26].
  • Shire River's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Shire-River[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Malawi[3], a republic[28], in Malawi[29], founded in 1964[30] and Mozambique[4], a republic[31], in Mozambique[32], founded in 1975[33], headquartered in Maputo[34]. Shire River's continent is recorded as Africa[6].

Physical Characteristics

Shire River's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+37'}[35]. Its length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+402'}[36].

Designation and Status

Shire River's instance of is recorded as river[7].

Why It Matters

Shire River ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [36] . wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . 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

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_shire-river_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Shire River}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/shire-river}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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