Durance

Summary

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

Key Facts

• Durance is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur^[3].
• Durance is in the country of France^[4].
• Durance's image is recorded as Durance.jpg^[5].
• Durance's instance of is recorded as river^[6].
• Durance's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 2151148574261924430001^[7].
• Durance's locator map image is recorded as Durance.png^[8].
• Durance's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11963024t^[9].
• Durance's IdRef ID is recorded as 027630420^[10].
• Durance's Commons category is recorded as Durance^[11].
• Durance's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1075476^[12].
• Durance's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Rhône^[13].
• Durance's lake on watercourse is recorded as Lac de Serre-Ponçon^[14].
• Durance's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 44.8936, 'lon': 6.7214}^[15].
• Durance's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 43.9228, 'lon': 4.7436}^[16].
• Durance's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04_3p1^[17].
• Durance's origin of the watercourse is recorded as Sommet des Anges^[18].
• Durance's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Durance^[19].
• Durance's tributary is recorded as Verdon^[20].
• Durance's tributary is recorded as Èze^[21].
• Durance's tributary is recorded as Aigue Brun^[22].
• Durance's tributary is recorded as Anguillon^[23].
• Durance's tributary is recorded as Ubaye^[24].
• Durance's tributary is recorded as Guisane^[25].
• Durance's tributary is recorded as Asse^[26].
• Durance's tributary is recorded as Avance^[27].

Body

Geography

Durance is in the country of France^[4]. Durance is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Durance's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+16'}^[28]. Durance's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+323.8'}^[29].

Designation and Status

Durance's instance of is recorded as river^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Durance include Saint-Paul-lès-Durance^[30], a commune of France^[31], in France^[32]; ARA Patagonia^[33], a replenishment oiler^[34]; Caumont-sur-Durance^[35], a commune of France^[36], in France^[37]; Saint-Clément-sur-Durance^[38], a commune of France^[39], in France^[40]; and En ribo de Durènço^[41], a magazine^[42], founded in 1994^[43].

Why It Matters

Durance ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).^[2] Durance has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[44] Durance is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[45]

Entities named for Durance include Saint-Paul-lès-Durance^[30], a commune of France^[31], in France^[32]; ARA Patagonia^[33], a replenishment oiler^[34]; Caumont-sur-Durance^[35], a commune of France^[36], in France^[37]; Saint-Clément-sur-Durance^[38], a commune of France^[39], in France^[40]; and En ribo de Durènço^[41], a magazine^[42], founded in 1994^[43].