Lake Lanier

reservoir in Georgia, United States
LakeBodyOfWater reservoir Q3295796
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Lake Lanier

Summary

Lake Lanier is a reservoir[1]. It ranks in the top 0.2% of reservoir entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (919 views/month, #3 of 1,489).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lake Lanier is located in Georgia[3].
  • Lake Lanier is located in Forsyth County[4].
  • Lake Lanier is in the country of United States[5].
  • Lake Lanier's image is recorded as Lake lanier satellite map.jpg[6].
  • Lake Lanier's instance of is recorded as reservoir[7].
  • Sidney Lanier is named after Lake Lanier[8].
  • Lake Lanier's inflows is recorded as Chattahoochee River[9].
  • Lake Lanier's inflows is recorded as Chestatee River[10].
  • Lake Lanier's outflows is recorded as Chattahoochee River[11].
  • Lake Lanier's basin country is recorded as United States[12].
  • Lake Lanier's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 235208502[13].
  • Lake Lanier's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85122325[14].
  • Lake Lanier's has use is recorded as rowing and canoeing venue[15].
  • Lake Lanier's has use is recorded as water storage[16].
  • Lake Lanier's Commons category is recorded as Lake Lanier[17].
  • +1956-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Lake Lanier[18].
  • Lake Lanier's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 322971[19].
  • Lake Lanier's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.24, 'lon': -83.95}[20].
  • Lake Lanier's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.160277777778, 'lon': -84.073611111111}[21].
  • Lake Lanier's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06l6n5[22].
  • Lake Lanier's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10043023[23].
  • Lake Lanier's GeoNames ID is recorded as 4204680[24].
  • Lake Lanier's Quora topic ID is recorded as Lake-Lanier[25].
  • Lake Lanier's Recreation.gov gateway ID is recorded as 442[26].
  • Lake Lanier's drainage basin is recorded as Apalachicola River drainage basin[27].

Body

Geography

Lake Lanier is in the country of United States[5]. Located in include Georgia[3], an U.S. state[28], in United States[29], founded in 1788[30] and Forsyth County[4], a county of Georgia[31], in United States[32], founded in 1832[33].

Designation and Status

Lake Lanier's instance of is recorded as reservoir[7].

History and Context

+1956-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Lake Lanier[18]. Sidney Lanier is named after it[8].

Why It Matters

Lake Lanier ranks in the top 0.2% of reservoir entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (919 views/month, #3 of 1,489).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . Geographic Names Information System. 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] . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . 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. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Indies1 · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after Sidney Lanier
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Georgia, Forsyth County
    Impounded by Buford Dam
    Coordinate location {'lat': 34.24, 'lon': -83.95}, {'lat': 34.160277777778, 'lon': -84.073611111111}
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P625]]: 34°9'37"N, 84°4'25"W"
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