Niagara Falls

Summary

Niagara Falls is a waterfall^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.09% of waterfall entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,988 views/month, #1 of 1,114).^[2]

Key Facts

• Niagara Falls is located in New York^[3].
• Niagara Falls is located in Ontario^[4].
• Niagara Falls is in the country of United States^[5].
• Niagara Falls is in the country of Canada^[6].
• Niagara Falls's image is recorded as Niagara Falls USA Canada from Skylon Tower on 2002-05-28, full size.jpg^[7].
• Niagara Falls's instance of is recorded as waterfall^[8].
• Niagara Falls's instance of is recorded as tourist attraction^[9].
• Niagara Falls's instance of is recorded as horseshoe waterfall^[10].
• Niagara Falls's bathymetry image is recorded as Great Lakes 2.PNG^[11].
• Niagara Falls's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 63144814433030518574^[12].
• Niagara Falls's GND ID is recorded as 4117863-4^[13].
• Niagara Falls's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85091701^[14].
• Niagara Falls's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11958980s^[15].
• Niagara Falls's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 14493386c^[16].
• Niagara Falls's IdRef ID is recorded as 078615984^[17].
• Niagara Falls's part of is recorded as Niagara River^[18].
• Niagara Falls's Commons category is recorded as Niagara Falls^[19].
• Niagara Falls's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 3126920^[20].
• Niagara Falls's has part is recorded as Horseshoe Falls^[21].
• Niagara Falls's has part is recorded as American Falls^[22].
• Niagara Falls's has part is recorded as Bridal Veil Falls^[23].
• Niagara Falls's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 958544^[24].
• Niagara Falls's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 43.08, 'lon': -79.071}^[25].
• Niagara Falls's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dpk_^[26].
• Niagara Falls's CGNDB unique ID is recorded as FDOSE^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include United States^[5], a sovereign state^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1776^[30] and Canada^[6], a dominion of the British Empire^[31], in Canada^[32], founded in 1867^[33]. Located in include New York^[3], an U.S. state^[34], in United States^[35], founded in 1788^[36] and Ontario^[4], a province of Canada^[37], in Canada^[38], founded in 1867^[39]. Niagara Falls's part of is recorded as Niagara River^[18].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include waterfall^[8], tourist attraction^[9], and horseshoe waterfall^[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Niagara Falls include it^[40], a city in the United States^[41], in United States^[42]; Niagara^[43], a town in the United States^[44], in United States^[45]; Shinjuku Niagara Falls^[46], a fountain^[47], in Japan^[48], founded in 1982^[49]; and 12382 it^[50], an asteroid^[51].

Why It Matters

Niagara Falls ranks in the top 0.09% of waterfall entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,988 views/month, #1 of 1,114).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[52] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[53]

Entities named for it include it^[40], a city in the United States^[41], in United States^[42]; Niagara^[43], a town in the United States^[44], in United States^[45]; Shinjuku Niagara Falls^[46], a fountain^[47], in Japan^[48], founded in 1982^[49]; and 12382 it^[50], an asteroid^[51].