River Shannon
longest river in Ireland
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Summary
River Shannon is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,405 views/month, #109 of 13,643).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Ireland[3]
- Continent: Europe[4]
- Basin country: Ireland[5]
- Commons category: River Shannon[6]
- Mouth of the watercourse: Shannon Estuary[7]
- Lake on watercourse: Lough Ree[8], Lough Derg[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:River Shannon[10]
- Tributary: River Inny[11], River Suck[12], River Brosna[13], Little Brosna River[14], Boyle River[15], Owenmore River[16], Mulkear River[17]
- Category for the water basin: Category:Shannon Basin[18]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[19], Otto's encyclopedia[20], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[23], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[25], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[26]
- Native label: an tSionainn[27]
- Length: 368 km[28]
- Watershed area: 15,700 km²[29]
- Discharge: 200 cubic metre per second[30]
- Drainage basin: Shannon River Basin[31]
- Historic county: County Cavan[32]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for River Shannon include Shannon[33], a town[34], in Ireland[35] and Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest[36], a technological university[37], in Ireland[38], founded in 2021[39].
Why It Matters
River Shannon has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]
Entities named for it include Shannon[33], a town[34], in Ireland[35] and Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest[36], a technological university[37], in Ireland[38], founded in 2021[39].