watercourse

any flowing body of water
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watercourse

Summary

watercourse is a feature type[1]. watercourse draws 161 Wikipedia views per month (feature_type category, ranking #10 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • watercourse's instance of is recorded as feature type[3].
  • watercourse is a type of land waters[4].
  • watercourse is a type of body of water[5].
  • watercourse's Commons category is recorded as Watercourses[6].
  • watercourse is the opposite of still waters[7].
  • watercourse's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Watercourses[8].
  • watercourse's facet of is recorded as drainage system[9].
  • watercourse's facet of is recorded as drainage basin[10].
  • watercourse's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox river[11].
  • watercourse's has effect is recorded as bank erosion[12].
  • watercourse's has effect is recorded as sediment transport[13].
  • watercourse's has effect is recorded as biological dispersal[14].
  • watercourse's has characteristic is recorded as fluid flow[15].
  • watercourse's has characteristic is recorded as type of watercourse[16].
  • watercourse's has characteristic is recorded as assimilative capacity[17].
  • watercourse's has characteristic is recorded as slope[18].
  • watercourse's has characteristic is recorded as length[19].
  • watercourse's has characteristic is recorded as height above mean sea level[20].
  • watercourse's has characteristic is recorded as drainage system[21].
  • watercourse's has characteristic is recorded as slope (river)[22].
  • watercourse's main Wikidata property is recorded as P3871[23].
  • watercourse's different from is recorded as lake system[24].
  • watercourse's different from is recorded as stream bed[25].
  • watercourse's properties for this type is recorded as P2053[26].
  • watercourse's properties for this type is recorded as P2043[27].

Body

Definition and Type

watercourse's instance of is recorded as feature type[3]. Recorded subclass of include land waters[4] and body of water[5]. watercourse is the opposite of still waters[7].

Why It Matters

watercourse draws 161 Wikipedia views per month (feature_type category, ranking #10 of 14).[2] watercourse has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] watercourse is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_watercourse_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{watercourse}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/watercourse}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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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. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by potamology
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P2347]], mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  2. 7d ago · Infovarius · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of land waters, body of water
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q514096]], Copying from [[Property:P2579]]"
  3. 7d ago · Totallyuneekname · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of land waters, body of water
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q1970309]]"
  4. 9d ago · Hirho · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic fluid flow, type of watercourse, assimilative capacity +5
    Studied by potamology
    Subclass of land waters, body of water
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2579]]: [[Q514096]]"
  5. 9d ago · Hirho · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic fluid flow, type of watercourse, assimilative capacity +5
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1552]]: [[Q1970309]]"
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