river mouth
end of a river or stream
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Summary
river mouth ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,206 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Follows: lower course[2]
- Subclass of: confluence[3], body of water[4], end[5]
- Commons category: River mouths[6]
- Opposite of: river source[7], river bifurcation[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:River mouths[9]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[10]
- Has characteristic: inflow[11]
- Related Wikidata property: P2148[12]
- Main Wikidata property: P403[13], P2148[14]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000386[15]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Rivers[16], WikiProject Geology[17], WikiProject Science[18]
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Influence
Things named for river mouth include Bouches-du-Rhône[19], a department of France[20], in France[21], founded in 1790[22] and Ujście Warty Landscape Park[23], a landscape park in Poland[24], in Poland[25], founded in 1996[26].
Why It Matters
river mouth has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]
Entities named for it include Bouches-du-Rhône[19], a department of France[20], in France[21], founded in 1790[22] and Ujście Warty Landscape Park[23], a landscape park in Poland[24], in Poland[25], founded in 1996[26].