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retention basin

Summary

retention basin ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (67 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • retention basin is a type of artificial body of water[2].
  • retention basin is a type of basin[3].
  • retention basin is a type of reservoir[4].
  • retention basin is a type of detention basin[5].
  • retention basin is used for flood control[6].
  • retention basin's Commons category is recorded as Retention ponds[7].
  • retention basin's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as basin=retention[8].
  • retention basin's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as landuse=basin[9].
  • retention basin's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[10].
  • retention basin's different from is recorded as Embung[11].
  • retention basin's different from is recorded as stormwater reservoir for pollution control[12].
  • retention basin's different from is recorded as compensation bassin[13].
  • retention basin's different from is recorded as stilling basin[14].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include artificial body of water[2], basin[3], reservoir[4], and detention basin[5].

Use and Application

retention basin is used for flood control[6].

Why It Matters

retention basin ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (67 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → artificial body of water, basin, reservoir +1
    Different from → Embung, stormwater reservoir for pollution control, compensation bassin +1
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536294605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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