Cross River

Summary

Cross River is a river^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (61 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Cross River is in the country of Nigeria^[3].
• Cross River is in the country of Cameroon^[4].
• Cross River's route map is recorded as Cross River OSM.png^[5].
• Cross River's image is recorded as Cross River (Cameroon).jpg^[6].
• Cross River's instance of is recorded as river^[7].
• Cross River's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85034279^[8].
• Cross River's Commons category is recorded as Cross River^[9].
• Cross River's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1199972^[10].
• Cross River's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Gulf of Guinea^[11].
• Cross River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 4.58333333, 'lon': 8.41666667}^[12].
• Cross River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 5.8555, 'lon': 9.2203}^[13].
• Cross River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 4.5833, 'lon': 8.4167}^[14].
• Cross River's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05pctb^[15].
• Cross River's origin of the watercourse is recorded as Cameroon^[16].
• Cross River's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cross River (Nigeria)^[17].
• Cross River's tributary is recorded as Manyu River^[18].
• Cross River's tributary is recorded as Calabar River^[19].
• Cross River's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[20].
• Cross River's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Cross-River-Africa^[21].
• Cross River's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2345894^[22].
• Cross River's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cross River'}^[23].
• Cross River's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+489'}^[24].
• Cross River's watershed area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+54000'}^[25].
• Cross River's FAST ID is recorded as 1310220^[26].
• Cross River's discharge is recorded as {'unit': 'Q794261', 'amount': '+170'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Nigeria^[3], a sovereign state^[28], in Nigeria^[29], founded in 1963^[30] and Cameroon^[4], a country^[31], in Cameroon^[32], founded in 1960^[33].

Physical Characteristics

Cross River's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+489'}^[24].

Designation and Status

Cross River's instance of is recorded as river^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Cross River include Cross River State^[34], a state of Nigeria^[35], in Nigeria^[36], founded in 1976^[37]; Cross River National Park^[38], a national park^[39], in Nigeria^[40], founded in 1991^[41]; and it^[42], a language family^[43].

Why It Matters

Cross River ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (61 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[44] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[45]

Entities named for it include Cross River State^[34], a state of Nigeria^[35], in Nigeria^[36], founded in 1976^[37]; Cross River National Park^[38], a national park^[39], in Nigeria^[40], founded in 1991^[41]; and it^[42], a language family^[43].