Sihlsee

body of water
LakeBodyOfWater reservoir Q688846
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Summary

Sihlsee is a reservoir[1]. Sihlsee ranks in the top 8% of reservoir entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (280 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sihlsee is located in Canton of Schwyz[3].
  • Sihlsee is located in Einsiedeln[4].
  • Sihlsee is in the country of Switzerland[5].
  • Sihlsee's instance of is recorded as reservoir[6].
  • Sihlsee's instance of is recorded as area not part of a municipality of Switzerland[7].
  • Sihlsee's instance of is recorded as lake[8].
  • Sihl is named after Sihlsee[9].
  • Sihlsee's inflows is recorded as Sihl[10].
  • Sihlsee's outflows is recorded as Sihl[11].
  • Sihlsee's basin country is recorded as Switzerland[12].
  • Sihlsee's Commons category is recorded as Sihlsee[13].
  • Sihlsee's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.116666666667, 'lon': 8.7833333333333}[14].
  • Sihlsee's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Sihlsee'}[15].
  • Sihlsee's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Sihlsee'}[16].
  • Sihlsee's length is recorded as {'unit': 'kilometre', 'amount': '+8.5'}[17].
  • Sihlsee sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'metre', 'amount': '+880'}[18].
  • Sihlsee covers an area of {'unit': 'square kilometre', 'amount': '+11.3'}[19].
  • Sihlsee covers an area of {'unit': 'square kilometre', 'amount': '+10.81'}[20].
  • Sihlsee's width is recorded as {'unit': 'kilometre', 'amount': '+2.5'}[21].
  • Sihlsee's watershed area is recorded as {'unit': 'square kilometre', 'amount': '+156'}[22].
  • Sihlsee's volume as quantity is recorded as {'unit': 'cubic hectometre', 'amount': '+96'}[23].
  • Sihlsee's vertical depth is recorded as {'unit': 'metre', 'amount': '+23'}[24].
  • Sihlsee's mountain range is recorded as Alps[25].
  • Sihlsee's drainage basin is recorded as Rhine basin[26].

Body

Geography

Sihlsee is in the country of Switzerland[5]. Located in include Canton of Schwyz[3], a canton of Switzerland[27], in Switzerland[28], founded in 1240[29] and Einsiedeln[4], a Municipality of Switzerland[30], in Switzerland[31].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'square kilometre', 'amount': '+11.3'}[19] and {'unit': 'square kilometre', 'amount': '+10.81'}[20]. Sihlsee sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'metre', 'amount': '+880'}[18]. Sihlsee's length is recorded as {'unit': 'kilometre', 'amount': '+8.5'}[17].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include reservoir[6], area not part of a municipality of Switzerland[7], and lake[8].

History and Context

Sihl is named after Sihlsee[9].

Why It Matters

Sihlsee ranks in the top 8% of reservoir entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (280 views/month).[2] Sihlsee has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Sihlsee is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

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. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Q141593662. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] ↑ . 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. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Watershed area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+156'}
    Mountain range → Alps
    Width → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+2.5'}
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 47.116666666667, 'lon': 8.7833333333333}
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||mul */ default label, official name from swisstopo data ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot|swisstopo task]])"
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