San Francisco Bay

Summary

San Francisco Bay is a bay^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.57% of bay entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,580 views/month, #8 of 1,398).^[2]

Key Facts

• San Francisco Bay is located in California^[3].
• San Francisco Bay is in the country of United States^[4].
• San Francisco Bay's instance of is recorded as bay^[5].
• San Francisco Bay's inflows is recorded as Sacramento River^[6].
• San Francisco Bay's inflows is recorded as San Joaquin River^[7].
• San Francisco Bay's inflows is recorded as Adobe Creek^[8].
• San Francisco Bay's inflows is recorded as Alameda Creek^[9].
• San Francisco Bay's inflows is recorded as Cerrito Creek^[10].
• San Francisco Bay's inflows is recorded as Codornices Creek^[11].
• San Francisco Bay's inflows is recorded as Colma Creek^[12].
• San Francisco Bay's inflows is recorded as Larkspur Creek^[13].
• San Francisco Bay's inflows is recorded as San Leandro Creek^[14].
• San Francisco Bay's inflows is recorded as San Lorenzo Creek^[15].
• San Francisco Bay's inflows is recorded as San Mateo Creek^[16].
• San Francisco Bay's inflows is recorded as Strawberry Creek^[17].
• San Francisco Bay's Commons category is recorded as San Francisco Bay^[18].
• San Francisco Bay's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Pacific Ocean^[19].
• San Francisco Bay's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.6546543, 'lon': -122.2374676}^[20].
• San Francisco Bay's topic's main category is recorded as Category:San Francisco Bay^[21].
• San Francisco Bay's Commons gallery is recorded as San Francisco Bay^[22].
• San Francisco Bay's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia^[23].
• San Francisco Bay's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921^[24].
• San Francisco Bay's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[25].
• San Francisco Bay's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10^[26].
• San Francisco Bay's topic has template is recorded as Q25943247^[27].

Body

Geography

San Francisco Bay is in the country of United States^[4]. It is located in California^[3].

Designation and Status

San Francisco Bay's instance of is recorded as bay^[5]. Its heritage designation is recorded as Ramsar site^[28].

Cultural Significance

Things named for San Francisco Bay include San Francisco Bay Area^[29], a metropolitan area^[30], in United States^[31]; San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge^[32], a double-decker bridge^[33], in United States^[34], founded in 1933^[35]; and Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport^[36], an international airport^[37], in United States^[38], founded in 1927^[39].

Why It Matters

San Francisco Bay ranks in the top 0.57% of bay entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,580 views/month, #8 of 1,398).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]

Entities named for it include San Francisco Bay Area^[29], a metropolitan area^[30], in United States^[31]; San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge^[32], a double-decker bridge^[33], in United States^[34], founded in 1933^[35]; and Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport^[36], an international airport^[37], in United States^[38], founded in 1927^[39].