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Erie Canal

canal in New York State
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Summary

Erie Canal is a canal[1]. It ranks in the top 0.19% of canal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,672 views/month, #1 of 527).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: New York[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Named after: Lake Erie[5]
  • Commons category: Erie Canal[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Erie Canal[7]
  • Tributary: Canandaigua Outlet[8], Ganargua Creek[9]
  • Described by source: Meyer’s Universum, Zwanzigster Band[10]
  • Heritage designation: Historic Civil Engineering Landmark[11]
  • Length: 843 km[12]
  • Elevation above sea level: 113 m[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]

Why It Matters

Erie Canal has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Lake Erie New York United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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