Zwin

North Sea inlet at the border of Belgium and the Netherlands
Place protected_area Q36856
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Zwin

Summary

Zwin is a protected area[1]. Zwin ranks in the top 4% of protected_area entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Zwin is located in Knokke-Heist[3].
  • Zwin is located in Sluis[4].
  • Zwin is in the country of Belgium[5].
  • Zwin is in the country of Netherlands[6].
  • Zwin's image is recorded as Zwin.jpg[7].
  • Zwin's instance of is recorded as protected area[8].
  • Zwin's instance of is recorded as empoldered inlet[9].
  • Zwin's instance of is recorded as province domain[10].
  • Zwin's instance of is recorded as marsh[11].
  • Zwin's instance of is recorded as nature area[12].
  • Zwin's Commons category is recorded as Zwin[13].
  • Zwin's has part is recorded as Zwin Natuur Park[14].
  • Zwin's has part is recorded as Het Zwin[15].
  • Zwin's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.36696, 'lon': 3.36911}[16].
  • Zwin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03kglj[17].
  • Zwin's WDPA ID is recorded as 4800[18].
  • Zwin's IUCN protected areas category is recorded as IUCN category IV: Habitat/Species Management Area[19].
  • Zwin's official website is recorded as http://www.zwin.be[20].
  • Zwin's tributary is recorded as Eede[21].
  • Zwin's partially coincident with is recorded as Q41536009[22].
  • Zwin's heritage designation is recorded as Ramsar site[23].
  • Zwin's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2754157[24].
  • Zwin's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}[25].
  • Zwin's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2146128[26].
  • Zwin's Ramsar Sites Information Service ID is recorded as 328[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Belgium[5], a sovereign state[28], in Belgium[29], founded in 1830[30] and Netherlands[6], a country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands[31], in Kingdom of the Netherlands[32], founded in 1795[33]. Located in include Knokke-Heist[3], a municipality of Belgium[34], in Belgium[35] and Sluis[4], a municipality of the Netherlands[36], in Netherlands[37], founded in 2003[38].

Physical Characteristics

Zwin's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}[25].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include protected area[8], empoldered inlet[9], province domain[10], marsh[11], and nature area[12]. Zwin's heritage designation is recorded as Ramsar site[23].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Zwin include 9663 Zwin[39], an asteroid[40].

Why It Matters

Zwin ranks in the top 4% of protected_area entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60 views/month).[2] Zwin has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Zwin is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Entities named for Zwin include 9663 Zwin[39], an asteroid[40].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site

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
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [40] . 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. [41] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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