Grand Canyon

steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States
Place canyon Q118841
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Grand Canyon

Summary

Grand Canyon is a canyon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.5% of canyon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,785 views/month, #1 of 199).[2]

Key Facts

  • Grand Canyon is located in Arizona[3].
  • Grand Canyon is in the country of United States[4].
  • Grand Canyon is on the body of water Colorado River[5].
  • Grand Canyon's instance of is recorded as canyon[6].
  • Grand Canyon's Commons category is recorded as Grand Canyon[7].
  • Grand Canyon's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 36.0975, 'longitude': -112.09527777777778}[8].
  • Grand Canyon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Grand Canyon[9].
  • Grand Canyon's Commons gallery is recorded as Grand Canyon[10].
  • Grand Canyon's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[11].
  • Grand Canyon's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • Grand Canyon's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[13].
  • Grand Canyon's topic has template is recorded as Template:Grand Canyon[14].
  • Grand Canyon's heritage designation is recorded as America's Most Endangered Historic Places[15].
  • Grand Canyon's heritage designation is recorded as National Treasure[16].
  • Grand Canyon's native label is recorded as Grand Canyon[17].
  • Grand Canyon's different from is recorded as Grand Canyon National Park[18].
  • Grand Canyon's length is recorded as {'amount': '+277'}[19].
  • Grand Canyon's located in protected area is recorded as Grand Canyon National Park[20].
  • Grand Canyon's vertical depth is recorded as {'amount': '+1300'}[21].
  • Grand Canyon's drainage basin is recorded as Colorado River drainage basin[22].
  • Grand Canyon's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23].
  • Grand Canyon's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+29170'}[24].
  • Grand Canyon's P14541 is recorded as gRpzL[25].

Body

Geography

Grand Canyon is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Arizona[3]. It is on the body of water Colorado River[5].

Physical Characteristics

Grand Canyon's length is recorded as {'amount': '+277'}[19].

Designation and Status

Grand Canyon's instance of is recorded as canyon[6]. Heritage statuses include America's Most Endangered Historic Places[15] and National Treasure[16].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Grand Canyon include Grand Canyon National Park[26], a National Park of the United States[27], in United States[28], founded in 1919[29]; Grand Canyon Village[30], a census-designated place in the United States[31], in United States[32]; and Grand Canyon National Park Airport[33], an airport[34], in United States[35].

Why It Matters

Grand Canyon ranks in the top 0.5% of canyon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,785 views/month, #1 of 199).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for it include Grand Canyon National Park[26], a National Park of the United States[27], in United States[28], founded in 1919[29]; Grand Canyon Village[30], a census-designated place in the United States[31], in United States[32]; and Grand Canyon National Park Airport[33], an airport[34], in United States[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Slimguy · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap relation id → 183377
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P402]]: 183377"
  2. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → grand-canyon
    P14541 → gRpzL
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: grand-canyon, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289934221|grand canyon (#289934221)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  3. 13w ago · Sabelöga · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikisimpsons article id → 50426
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P10291]]: 50426, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296189547|Grand Canyon (#296189547)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8109|Wikisimpsons]] #mix'"
  4. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0237526-Grand-Canyon-Arizona
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0237526-Grand-Canyon-Arizona, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259490|batch #259490]]"
  5. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → canyon
    Topic has template → Template:Grand Canyon
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+29170'}
    Located in → —
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 205596, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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