spring

terrestrial water source
Thing feature_type Q124714
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Summary

spring is a feature type[1]. spring draws 3,929 Wikipedia views per month (feature type category, ranking #1,401 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: biotope of the year[3]
  • Followed by: upper course[4]
  • Subclass of: natural geographic object[5], water source[6], body of water[7], water resource[8]
  • Part of: aquifer[9], water source[10]
  • Commons category: Springs[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Springs (hydrology)[12]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: natural=spring[13]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[14], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[16], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18], Otto's encyclopedia[19], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[20], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[21]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox spring[22]
  • Different from: Q14566077[23]
  • Properties for this type: P403[24], P17[25], P2225[26]
  • Has list: list of springs[27]
  • Studied by: hydrogeology[28]
  • P14369: 70390[29]

Body

Influence

Things named for spring include Sennyū-ji Temple[30], a Buddhist temple[31], in Japan[32], founded in 1218[33]; Springdale[34], a town in the United States[35], in United States[36], founded in 1862[37]; Bath County[38], a county of Kentucky[39], in United States[40], founded in 1811[41]; Spring City[42], a city in the United States[43], in United States[44], founded in 1852[45]; and Fountain Green[46], a city in the United States[47], in United States[48], founded in 1859[49].

Why It Matters

spring has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] spring is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

Entities named for spring include Sennyū-ji Temple[30], a Buddhist temple[31], in Japan[32], founded in 1218[33]; Springdale[34], a town in the United States[35], in United States[36], founded in 1862[37]; Bath County[38], a county of Kentucky[39], in United States[40], founded in 1811[41]; Spring City[42], a city in the United States[43], in United States[44], founded in 1852[45]; and Fountain Green[46], a city in the United States[47], in United States[48], founded in 1859[49].

FAQs

What awards did spring receive?

Honors received include biotope of the year[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  15. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → aquifer, water source
    Subclass of → natural geographic object, water source, body of water +1
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Subclass of: E26 Physical Feature"
  2. 8w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Jimmy Kimmel
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  3. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C1791
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C1791, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  4. 11w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → natural geographic object, water source, body of water +1
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Cleanup: remove self_stated_in refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  5. 11w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → feature type
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: feature type"
  6. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → The Men I Wanted
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q26801, Import ID Biblissima V2 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/74d891b831c|details]])"
  7. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 6256
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 6256, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167478532|FOUNTAIN (#167478532)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] "
  8. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3G0frp
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  9. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0004815-vodni-prameny
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0004815-vodni-prameny, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
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