Upper Rhine Plain

major rift valley in Germany
Place lowland Q22964
Upper Rhine Plain
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Upper Rhine Plain

Summary

Upper Rhine Plain is a lowland[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of lowland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Upper Rhine Plain is in the country of Switzerland[3].
  • Upper Rhine Plain is in the country of France[4].
  • Upper Rhine Plain is in the country of Germany[5].
  • Upper Rhine Plain is on the body of water Upper Rhine[6].
  • Upper Rhine Plain's image is recorded as Oberrheingraben-NASA-250.jpg[7].
  • Upper Rhine Plain's instance of is recorded as lowland[8].
  • Upper Rhine Plain's shares border with is recorded as Vosges Mountains[9].
  • Upper Rhine Plain's shares border with is recorded as South German Scarplands[10].
  • Upper Rhine Plain's shares border with is recorded as North French Scarplands[11].
  • Upper Rhine Plain's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 244991998[12].
  • Upper Rhine Plain's GND ID is recorded as 4075561-7[13].
  • Upper Rhine Plain's part of is recorded as European Cenozoic Rift System[14].
  • Upper Rhine Plain's Commons category is recorded as Upper Rhine Graben[15].
  • Upper Rhine Plain's has part is recorded as Baden Rhine Plain[16].
  • Upper Rhine Plain's has part is recorded as Mainz Basin[17].
  • Upper Rhine Plain's has part is recorded as Plain of Alsace[18].
  • Upper Rhine Plain's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 48.965, 'lon': 8.234}[19].
  • Upper Rhine Plain's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/043nt08[20].
  • Upper Rhine Plain's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge1017381[21].
  • Upper Rhine Plain's has cause is recorded as Rhine rift[22].
  • Upper Rhine Plain's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0055722[23].
  • Upper Rhine Plain's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • Upper Rhine Plain's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Rhine-Rift-Valley[25].
  • Upper Rhine Plain's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00955984n[26].
  • Upper Rhine Plain's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 1909897[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Switzerland[3], a state[28], in Switzerland[29], founded in 1291[30]; France[4], a sovereign state[31], in France[32], founded in 0843[33]; and Germany[5], a sovereign state[34], in Germany[35], founded in 1949[36]. Upper Rhine Plain is on the body of water Upper Rhine[6]. Its part of is recorded as European Cenozoic Rift System[14].

Designation and Status

Upper Rhine Plain's instance of is recorded as lowland[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Upper Rhine Plain include Parapimpla rhenana[37], a fossil taxon[38].

Why It Matters

Upper Rhine Plain ranks in the top 8% of lowland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Entities named for it include Parapimpla rhenana[37], a fossil taxon[38].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . 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

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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