Acheron

Summary

Acheron is a river^[1]. Acheron ranks in the top 0.23% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,343 views/month, #31 of 13,643).^[2]

Key Facts

• Acheron is located in Parga Municipality^[3].
• Acheron is in the country of Greece^[4].
• Acheron's instance of is recorded as river^[5].
• Acheron's Commons category is recorded as Acheron^[6].
• Acheron's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Ionian Sea^[7].
• Acheron's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 39.236111111111, 'longitude': 20.476111111111}^[8].
• Acheron's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 39.472, 'longitude': 20.6775}^[9].
• Acheron's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 39.2363, 'longitude': 20.4757}^[10].
• Acheron's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Epirus^[11].
• Acheron's tributary is recorded as Cocytus^[12].
• Acheron's category for the water basin is recorded as Q65765680^[13].
• Acheron's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• Acheron's described by source is recorded as Literary Encyclopedia 1929—1939^[15].
• Acheron's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[16].
• Acheron's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[17].
• Acheron's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[18].
• Acheron's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[19].
• Acheron's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[20].
• Acheron's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana^[21].
• Acheron's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[22].
• Acheron's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[23].
• Acheron's partially coincident with is recorded as Acheron^[24].
• Acheron's native label is recorded as Αχέροντας^[25].
• Acheron's native label is recorded as Αχέρων^[26].
• Acheron's length is recorded as {'amount': '+58'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Acheron is in the country of Greece^[4]. Acheron is located in Parga Municipality^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Acheron sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+11'}^[28]. Acheron's length is recorded as {'amount': '+58'}^[27].

Designation and Status

Acheron's instance of is recorded as river^[5].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Acheron include Acherontia atropos^[29], a taxon^[30]; Nekromanteion of Acheron^[31], a Necromanteion^[32], in Greece^[33]; and Acheron^[34], a mythical river^[35], in Greece^[36].

Why It Matters

Acheron ranks in the top 0.23% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,343 views/month, #31 of 13,643).^[2] Acheron has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Acheron is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for Acheron include Acherontia atropos^[29], a taxon^[30]; Nekromanteion of Acheron^[31], a Necromanteion^[32], in Greece^[33]; and Acheron^[34], a mythical river^[35], in Greece^[36].