estuary
type of marine and riverine ecosystem
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Summary
estuary ranks in the top 0.86% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,897 views/month, #670 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: marine ecosystem[2], river ecosystem[3], body of water[4], ecosystem[5], river mouth[6], ecoregion[7]
- Commons category: Estuaries[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Estuaries[9]
- Facet of: river morphology[10]
- OpenStreetMap tag: estuary=yes[11]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[12], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16], Small Soviet Encyclopedia[17]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000045[18]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19]
- P14692: Eich[20]
Why It Matters
estuary has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] estuary is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]