Lake James

reservoir in North Carolina, United States
LakeBodyOfWater reservoir Q1485910
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Lake James

Summary

Lake James is a reservoir[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of reservoir entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (145 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lake James is located in North Carolina[3].
  • Lake James is located in McDowell County[4].
  • Lake James is located in Burke County[5].
  • Lake James is in the country of United States[6].
  • Lake James's instance of is recorded as reservoir[7].
  • Lake James's instance of is recorded as lake[8].
  • Lake James's inflows is recorded as Catawba River[9].
  • Lake James's inflows is recorded as Linville River[10].
  • Lake James's outflows is recorded as Catawba River[11].
  • Lake James's Commons category is recorded as Lake James (North Carolina)[12].
  • Lake James's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 35.7478, 'longitude': -81.8785}[13].
  • Lake James sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+365'}[14].
  • Lake James covers an area of {'amount': '+27.6'}[15].
  • Lake James's drainage basin is recorded as Wateree River drainage basin[16].

Body

Geography

Lake James is in the country of United States[6]. Located in include North Carolina[3], an U.S. state[17], in United States[18], founded in 1789[19]; McDowell County[4], a county of North Carolina[20], in United States[21], founded in 1842[22]; and Burke County[5], a county of North Carolina[23], in United States[24], founded in 1777[25].

Physical Characteristics

Lake James covers an area of {'amount': '+27.6'}[15]. It sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+365'}[14].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include reservoir[7] and lake[8].

Why It Matters

Lake James ranks in the top 5% of reservoir entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (145 views/month).[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . 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.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [25] ↑ . 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. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap relation id → 299147
    Outflows → Catawba River
    Located in → —
    Instance of → reservoir, lake
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P402]]: 299147, Adding OSM relation id claim from wikidata tag on relation/299147 in United States"
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