Wikidata:Property proposal/drainage basin
watershed[edit]
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Place
| Description | area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water |
|---|---|
| Represents | drainage basin (Q166620) |
| Data type | Item |
| Domain | Any geographical feature (Q618123), and first of all any body of water (Q15324) |
| Allowed values | Instances of drainage basin (Q166620) |
| Example | |
| See also | outflows (P201), mouth of the watercourse (P403), located in/on physical feature (P706) |
- Motivation
It seems to me that the drainage basin (Q166620) of a body of water (Q15324) should be easy to document here, being such a basic property of ontologies in hydrography (Q182468). This is, for the moment, dealt through located in/on physical feature (P706) – and possibly also part of (P361) – where it is mixed with things such as plateaus, islands and other unrelated stuff. And then using a combination of outflows (P201) and mouth of the watercourse (P403) in queries is both lengthy and risky as the chain can be broken by only one item. Seriously, this should be much more basic than all this and this is why I believe we should have this direct subproperty. Thierry Caro (talk) 14:34, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
- Discussion
- What kind of sources do we have for this information? Is there an existing name that other people use for this relationship? ChristianKl (✉) 16:26, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
Support Note we have watershed area (P2053) which provides the area associated with a drainage basin. "watershed" might be a more commonly used name for this for the label of the property, in English. ArthurPSmith (talk) 18:20, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
Comment @ArthurPSmith: You're probably right about the English label. I've moved if from 'drainage basin' to 'watershed'. @ChristianKl: An example of external database using this modified name, 'watershed', is found here. You can type in a stream name and they'll lead you to its watershed. Thierry Caro (talk) 09:37, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
- Support David (talk) 07:29, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
- Support Seem a good idea
- @Thierry Caro, ديفيد عادل وهبة خليل 2, ArthurPSmith:
Done Created as drainage basin (P4614). ChristianKl (✉) 16:10, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
