water well

excavation or structure created in the ground to access groundwater
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water well
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water well

Summary

water well ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,143 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • water well is a type of amenity[2].
  • water well is a type of water source[3].
  • water well is a type of well[4].
  • water well is used for water catchment[5].
  • water well's Commons category is recorded as Water wells[6].
  • water well comprises wheel and axle[7].
  • water well's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Water wells[8].
  • water well's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as man_made=water_well[9].
  • water well's described by source is recorded as Arkeologisen kulttuuriperinnön opas[10].
  • water well's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • water well's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[12].
  • water well's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[13].
  • water well's described by source is recorded as Q105336459[14].
  • water well's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • water well's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[16].
  • water well's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • water well's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[18].
  • water well's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[19].
  • water well's partially coincident with is recorded as borehole[20].
  • water well's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox well[21].
  • water well's different from is recorded as fountain[22].
  • water well's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000026[23].
  • water well's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include amenity[2], water source[3], and well[4].

Use and Application

water well is used for water catchment[5]. It comprises wheel and axle[7].

Influence

Things named for water well include Project:Village pump[25], a Wikimedia project page[26] and Well[27], a Chinese constellation[28].

Why It Matters

water well ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,143 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for it include Project:Village pump[25], a Wikimedia project page[26] and Well[27], a Chinese constellation[28].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . akp.nba.fi. Retrieved . akp.nba.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . app.raa.se. app.raa.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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