Samish River

tributary to Samish Bay in Whatcom County and Skagit County, Washington state, United States of America
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Samish River

Summary

Samish River is a river[1].

Key Facts

  • Samish River is located in Washington[2].
  • Samish River is located in Whatcom County[3].
  • Samish River is located in Skagit County[4].
  • Samish River is in the country of United States[5].
  • Samish River's instance of is recorded as river[6].
  • Samish is named after Samish River[7].
  • Samish River's Commons category is recorded as Samish River[8].
  • Samish River's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Samish Bay[9].
  • Samish River's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 48.56527778, 'longitude': -122.45305556, 'precision': 0.00027777777777778}[10].
  • Samish River's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 48.6851126, 'longitude': -122.1773792, 'precision': 1e-07}[11].
  • Samish River's length is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+49.1'}[12].
  • Samish River sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}[13].
  • Samish River sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11573', 'amount': '+107'}[14].
  • Samish River's watershed area is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q232291', 'amount': '+139'}[15].
  • Samish River's drainage basin is recorded as Puget Sound Basin[16].

Body

Geography

Samish River is in the country of United States[5]. Located in include Washington[2], an U.S. state[17], in United States[18], founded in 1889[19]; Whatcom County[3], a county of Washington[20], in United States[21], founded in 1854[22]; and Skagit County[4], a county of Washington[23], in United States[24], founded in 1883[25].

Physical Characteristics

Elevations include {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}[13] and {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11573', 'amount': '+107'}[14]. Samish River's length is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+49.1'}[12].

Designation and Status

Samish River's instance of is recorded as river[6].

History and Context

Samish is named after Samish River[7].

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] . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  3. [2] . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . The National Map. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . National Hydrography Dataset. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . National Elevation Dataset. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . National Elevation Dataset. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . National Hydrography Dataset. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category Samish River
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    Elevation above sea level {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11573', 'amount': , {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11573', 'amount':
    Gnis feature id 1525401
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