water well

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

Summary

water well ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,224 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 part of spring[5].
  • water well is used for water catchment[6].
  • water well's Commons category is recorded as Water wells[7].
  • water well comprises wheel and axle[8].
  • water well comprises puteal[9].
  • water well comprises Q140298953[10].
  • water well comprises Q9185773[11].
  • water well's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Water wells[12].
  • water well's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as man_made=water_well[13].
  • water well's described by source is recorded as Arkeologisen kulttuuriperinnön opas[14].
  • water well's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • water well's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[16].
  • water well's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[17].
  • water well's described by source is recorded as Q105336459[18].
  • water well's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19].
  • water well's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[20].
  • water well's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21].
  • water well's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[22].
  • water well's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[23].
  • water well's partially coincident with is recorded as borehole[24].
  • water well's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox well[25].
  • water well's different from is recorded as fountain[26].

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[6]. Components include wheel and axle[8]; puteal[9]; Q140298953[10]; and Q9185773[11], a type of structure[27]. It is part of spring[5].

Influence

Things named for water well include Project:Village pump[28], a Wikimedia project page[29] and Well[30], a Chinese constellation[31].

Why It Matters

water well ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,224 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for it include Project:Village pump[28], a Wikimedia project page[29] and Well[30], a Chinese constellation[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 22d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → amenity, water source, well
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||3 */ Cleanup: remove self_stated_in refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  2. 5w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → spring
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P361]]: [[Q124714]]"
  3. 6w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → De-Brunnen.ogg
    P14692 → 1440
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  4. 6w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C7216
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C7216, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  5. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Del Rio
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q295896, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  6. 11w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 14856
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 14856, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167485480|WELL (#167485480)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mix'n'"
  7. 15w ago · JotaCartas · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → wheel and axle, puteal, Q140298953 +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P527]]: [[Q9185773]]"
  8. 15w ago · JotaCartas · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → wheel and axle, puteal, Q140298953 +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P527]]: [[Q2119240]]"
  9. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0004584-studny
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0004584-studny, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  10. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 9494, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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