Water of Leith

river in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, flows into the Firth of Forth
Place river Q3566668
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Water of Leith

Summary

Water of Leith is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (94 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Water of Leith is located in City of Edinburgh[3].
  • Water of Leith is located in West Lothian[4].
  • Water of Leith is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Water of Leith's image is recorded as Water of Leith at Dean Village - 2025-04-19 05.jpg[6].
  • Water of Leith's instance of is recorded as river[7].
  • Water of Leith's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315530401[8].
  • Water of Leith's locator map image is recorded as Water of Leith.png[9].
  • Water of Leith's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh97005608[10].
  • Water of Leith's Commons category is recorded as Water of Leith[11].
  • Water of Leith's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 6295237[12].
  • Water of Leith's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Firth of Forth[13].
  • Water of Leith's lake on watercourse is recorded as Harperrig Reservoir[14].
  • Water of Leith's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.982685, 'lon': -3.174778}[15].
  • Water of Leith's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012c17[16].
  • Water of Leith's origin of the watercourse is recorded as Millstone Rig[17].
  • Water of Leith's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Water of Leith[18].
  • Water of Leith's category for the water basin is recorded as Category:Water of Leith basin[19].
  • Water of Leith's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Water-of-Leith[20].
  • Water of Leith's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'gd', 'text': 'Uisge Lìte'}[21].
  • Water of Leith's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Water of Leith'}[22].
  • Water of Leith's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2644640[23].
  • Water of Leith's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+35'}[24].
  • Water of Leith's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2600989[25].
  • Water of Leith's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 558721[26].
  • Water of Leith's Gazetteer for Scotland place ID is recorded as features/featurefirst2805[27].

Body

Geography

Water of Leith is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include City of Edinburgh[3], a council area[28], in United Kingdom[29] and West Lothian[4], a council area[30], in United Kingdom[31].

Physical Characteristics

Water of Leith's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+35'}[24].

Designation and Status

Water of Leith's instance of is recorded as river[7].

Why It Matters

Water of Leith ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (94 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . maps.nls.uk. maps.nls.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . explore.osmaps.com. explore.osmaps.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . maps.nls.uk. maps.nls.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location {'lat': 55.982685, 'lon': -3.174778}
    Topic's main category Category:Water of Leith
    Historic county Midlothian
    Length {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+35'}
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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