Sihl

river in Switzerland, tributary of the Limmat
Place river Q660909
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Sihl

Summary

Sihl is a river[1]. Sihl ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sihl is located in Canton of Zug[3].
  • Sihl is located in Canton of Zürich[4].
  • Sihl is located in Canton of Schwyz[5].
  • Sihl is in the country of Switzerland[6].
  • Sihl's image is recorded as Sihl Sihlwald.JPG[7].
  • Sihl's instance of is recorded as river[8].
  • Sihl's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 236096789[9].
  • Sihl's GND ID is recorded as 4391290-4[10].
  • Sihl's locator map image is recorded as Sihl (rivière) OSM.png[11].
  • Sihl's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13171541d[12].
  • Sihl's Commons category is recorded as Sihl[13].
  • Sihl's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Limmat[14].
  • Sihl's lake on watercourse is recorded as Sihlsee[15].
  • Sihl's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.01, 'lon': 8.8413888888889}[16].
  • Sihl's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.382777777778, 'lon': 8.5386111111111}[17].
  • Sihl's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08dvdw[18].
  • Sihl's HDS ID is recorded as 008778[19].
  • Sihl's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sihl[20].
  • Sihl's tributary is recorded as Alp[21].
  • Sihl's tributary is recorded as Schanzengraben Zürich[22].
  • Sihl's tributary is recorded as Minster[23].
  • Sihl's waterbody number is recorded as CH/577[24].
  • Sihl's category for the water basin is recorded as Category:Sihl basin[25].
  • Sihl's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2658596[26].
  • Sihl's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+68'}[27].

Body

Geography

Sihl is in the country of Switzerland[6]. Located in include Canton of Zug[3], a canton of Switzerland[28], in Switzerland[29], founded in 1352[30]; Canton of Zürich[4], a canton of Switzerland[31], in Switzerland[32], founded in 1351[33]; and Canton of Schwyz[5], a canton of Switzerland[34], in Switzerland[35], founded in 1240[36].

Physical Characteristics

Sihl's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+68'}[27].

Designation and Status

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

Cultural Significance

Things named for Sihl include Sihlsee[37], a reservoir[38], in Switzerland[39], founded in 1937[40].

Why It Matters

Sihl ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).[2] Sihl has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Sihl is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Entities named for Sihl include Sihlsee[37], a reservoir[38], in Switzerland[39], founded in 1937[40].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site

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. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [40] . 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. [41] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Sihl. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/sihl
MLA “Sihl.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/sihl.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sihl_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Sihl}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sihl}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Sihl — https://4ort.xyz/entity/sihl (retrieved 2026-04-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/sihl · Last refreshed: