Carson River

Summary

Carson River is a river^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Carson River is located in Churchill County^[3].
• Carson River is located in Lyon County^[4].
• Carson River is located in Carson City^[5].
• Carson River is located in Douglas County^[6].
• Carson River is located in Nevada^[7].
• Carson River is in the country of United States^[8].
• Carson River's image is recorded as Carsonriversouth.jpg^[9].
• Carson River's instance of is recorded as river^[10].
• Kit Carson is named after Carson River^[11].
• Carson River's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 5145971510032332371^[12].
• Carson River's locator map image is recorded as Carsonrivermap.png^[13].
• Carson River's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85020491^[14].
• Carson River's has use is recorded as agricultural irrigation^[15].
• Carson River's has use is recorded as tourism^[16].
• Carson River's Commons category is recorded as Carson River^[17].
• Carson River's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 13571425^[18].
• Carson River's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Carson Sink^[19].
• Carson River's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 859159^[20].
• Carson River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.713055555556, 'lon': -118.65583333333}^[21].
• Carson River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.990937, 'lon': -119.823108}^[22].
• Carson River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.7129707, 'lon': -118.6557042}^[23].
• Carson River's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/033sgj^[24].
• Carson River's tributary is recorded as East Fork Carson River^[25].
• Carson River's tributary is recorded as West Fork Carson River^[26].
• Carson River's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[27].

Body

Geography

Carson River is in the country of United States^[8]. Located in include Churchill County^[3], a county of Nevada^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1861^[30]; Lyon County^[4], a county of Nevada^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 1861^[33]; Carson City^[5], an independent city in the United States^[34], in United States^[35], founded in 1858^[36]; Douglas County^[6], a county of Nevada^[37], in United States^[38], founded in 1861^[39]; and Nevada^[7], an U.S. state^[40], in United States^[41], founded in 1864^[42].

Physical Characteristics

Lengths include {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+211'}^[43] and {'unit': 'Q253276', 'amount': '+131'}^[44].

Designation and Status

Carson River's instance of is recorded as river^[10].

History and Context

Kit Carson is named after Carson River^[11].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Carson River include Carson City^[45], an independent city in the United States^[46], in United States^[47], founded in 1858^[48].

Why It Matters

Carson River ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[49] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[50]

Entities named for it include Carson City^[45], an independent city in the United States^[46], in United States^[47], founded in 1858^[48].