The Broads

network of rivers and lakes in the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk
Place protected_area Q1999046
The Broads
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The Broads

Summary

The Broads is a protected area[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of protected_area entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (95 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Broads is located in Norfolk[3].
  • The Broads is located in Suffolk[4].
  • The Broads is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • The Broads's image is recorded as Ricking the reed.jpg[6].
  • The Broads's instance of is recorded as protected area[7].
  • The Broads's instance of is recorded as national park[8].
  • The Broads's instance of is recorded as marsh[9].
  • The Broads's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315149443[10].
  • The Broads's GND ID is recorded as 4354659-6[11].
  • The Broads's locator map image is recorded as The Broads UK location map.svg[12].
  • The Broads's IdRef ID is recorded as 055330088[13].
  • The Broads's Commons category is recorded as Norfolk Broads[14].
  • The Broads's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2568322[15].
  • +1988-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Broads[16].
  • The Broads's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.724166666667, 'lon': 1.6408333333333}[17].
  • The Broads's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.666666666667, 'lon': 1.5}[18].
  • The Broads's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0m9xm[19].
  • The Broads's authority is recorded as Broads Authority[20].
  • The Broads's WDPA ID is recorded as 20577[21].
  • The Broads's IUCN protected areas category is recorded as IUCN category V: Protected Landscape/Seascape[22].
  • The Broads's GSS code is recorded as E26000007[23].
  • The Broads's official website is recorded as https://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/[24].
  • The Broads's topic's main category is recorded as Category:The Broads[25].
  • The Broads's page banner is recorded as Potter Heigham Bridge Norfolk Broads UK.jpg[26].
  • The Broads's population is recorded as {'amount': '+6275'}[27].

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Geography

The Broads is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Norfolk[3], a ceremonial county of England[28], in United Kingdom[29] and Suffolk[4], a non-metropolitan county[30], in United Kingdom[31].

Physical Characteristics

The Broads's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+303'}[32]. Its population is recorded as {'amount': '+6275'}[27].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include protected area[7], national park[8], and marsh[9].

History and Context

+1988-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Broads[16].

Why It Matters

The Broads ranks in the top 2% of protected_area entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (95 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 2021 United Kingdom census. wikidata.org.
  26. [32] . 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

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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