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weir

barrier across a river designed to alter its flow characteristics
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weir

Summary

weir ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,680 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • weir is a type of diversion dam[2].
  • weir is a type of barrier structure[3].
  • weir's Commons category is recorded as Weirs[4].
  • weir's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Weirs[5].
  • weir's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as waterway=weir[6].
  • weir's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7].
  • weir's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • weir's different from is recorded as sluice[9].
  • weir's studied by is recorded as river morphology[10].
  • weir's studied by is recorded as river engineering[11].
  • weir's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000535[12].
  • weir's associated hazard is recorded as drowning[13].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include diversion dam[2] and barrier structure[3].

Why It Matters

weir ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,680 views/month).[1] weir has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] weir is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . practical.engineering. Retrieved . practical.engineering. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → diversion dam, barrier structure
    Different from → sluice
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553643205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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