stream

natural body of water with current within bed and stream banks
Thing general Q47521
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Summary

stream ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,720 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: watercourse[2]
  • Commons category: Streams[3]
  • Described by source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[4], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[5]
  • Partially coincident with: river[6], brook[7]
  • Topic has template: Template:Rivers, streams and springs[8]
  • Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Stream[9]
  • Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000023[10]

Body

Influence

Things named for stream include March[11], a calendar month[12]; thread[13], a computer science term[14]; Shibuya Stream[15], a building complex[16], in Japan[17]; Bachmann[18], a family name[19]; Bach[20], a family name[21]; and Potoční[22], a former entity[23], in Czech Republic[24].

Why It Matters

stream has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] stream is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Entities named for stream include March[11], a calendar month[12]; thread[13], a computer science term[14]; Shibuya Stream[15], a building complex[16], in Japan[17]; Bachmann[18], a family name[19]; Bach[20], a family name[21]; and Potoční[22], a former entity[23], in Czech Republic[24].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Environment Ontology. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 10w ago · Hirho · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Q12284
    Subclass of → watercourse
    Part of → Q1837011
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: canal"
  2. 14w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → watercourse
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: surface water"
  3. 14w ago · Gunnar Larsson · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → watercourse
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Subclass of: body of water"
  4. 14w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Q111360549
    Subclass of → watercourse
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: type of physical object"
  5. 14w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → Q12142910
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: fluid flow"
  6. 17w ago · GinnyTheCat · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap key → waterway
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Openstreetmap key: waterway"
  7. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Award received → —
    Svkkl authority id → 0219887-potoky
    Getty thesaurus of geographic names id → 21106
    Award received → biotope of the year
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0219887-potoky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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