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River source

Quality:

River source - start of a river or stream. Article “River source” in English Wikipedia has 31 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 9 references and 8 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.63 points.

This article has the best quality in Chinese Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “River source”, its content was written by 174 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 472 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2606 times in English Wikipedia and cited 61991 times in all languages (2715th place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #14777 in September 2008
  • Global: #44113 in October 2015

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #15010 in August 2010
  • Global: #27463 in April 2010

There are 28 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Chinese (zh)
河流源頭
35.3425
2English (en)
River source
31.009
3Korean (ko)
수원 (하천)
29.4503
4Japanese (ja)
水源
27.9173
5Latin (la)
Fons fluminis
27.0839
6Hindi (hi)
नदीशीर्ष
25.9965
7French (fr)
Crénon
23.3277
8Persian (fa)
سرآب
20.5698
9Romanian (ro)
Obârșie (hidrologie)
19.3349
10Indonesian (id)
Hulu sungai
18.9807
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "River source" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
River source
2 154 046
2Russian (ru)
Исток
713 017
3Indonesian (id)
Hulu sungai
184 093
4Japanese (ja)
水源
163 498
5Simple English (simple)
River source
135 358
6Ukrainian (uk)
Витік річки
98 495
7Malay (ms)
Kepala air
90 712
8Chinese (zh)
河流源頭
58 636
9German (de)
Quellgebiet
37 157
10Lithuanian (lt)
Ištaka
29 900
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "River source" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
River source
4 239
2Russian (ru)
Исток
1 450
3Japanese (ja)
水源
550
4Chinese (zh)
河流源頭
353
5Spanish (es)
Fuente de origen de un río
335
6Simple English (simple)
River source
313
7Indonesian (id)
Hulu sungai
141
8Malay (ms)
Kepala air
101
9Persian (fa)
سرآب
100
10French (fr)
Crénon
73
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "River source" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
River source
174
2German (de)
Quellgebiet
47
3Russian (ru)
Исток
39
4Simple English (simple)
River source
38
5Japanese (ja)
水源
25
6Ukrainian (uk)
Витік річки
12
7Persian (fa)
سرآب
11
8Catalan (ca)
Aiguaneix
10
9Swedish (sv)
Källflöde
9
10Belarusian (be)
Выток
8
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "River source" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
مصدر النهر
0
2Azerbaijani (az)
Çay mənbəyi
0
3Belarusian (be)
Выток
0
4Catalan (ca)
Aiguaneix
0
5German (de)
Quellgebiet
0
6English (en)
River source
0
7Spanish (es)
Fuente de origen de un río
0
8Estonian (et)
Lähe
0
9Persian (fa)
سرآب
0
10French (fr)
Crénon
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "River source" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Russian (ru)
Исток
37 909
2Ukrainian (uk)
Витік річки
10 943
3Belarusian (be)
Выток
2 912
4English (en)
River source
2 606
5Persian (fa)
سرآب
1 972
6Estonian (et)
Lähe
1 346
7Georgian (ka)
სათავე (ჰიდროლოგია)
971
8Indonesian (id)
Hulu sungai
831
9Japanese (ja)
水源
695
10Hindi (hi)
नदीशीर्ष
386
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مصدر النهر
azAzerbaijani
Çay mənbəyi
beBelarusian
Выток
caCatalan
Aiguaneix
deGerman
Quellgebiet
enEnglish
River source
esSpanish
Fuente de origen de un río
etEstonian
Lähe
faPersian
سرآب
frFrench
Crénon
heHebrew
מוצא (גאוגרפיה)
hiHindi
नदीशीर्ष
idIndonesian
Hulu sungai
jaJapanese
水源
kaGeorgian
სათავე (ჰიდროლოგია)
kkKazakh
Бастау
koKorean
수원 (하천)
laLatin
Fons fluminis
ltLithuanian
Ištaka
msMalay
Kepala air
roRomanian
Obârșie (hidrologie)
ruRussian
Исток
simpleSimple English
River source
svSwedish
Källflöde
thThai
ต้นน้ำ
ukUkrainian
Витік річки
urUrdu
دریا کا ماخذ
zhChinese
河流源頭

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#15010
08.2010
Global:
#27463
04.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#14777
09.2008
Global:
#44113
10.2015

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on River source from Wikipedia articles about Lake Itasca, Nile, River, Allegheny River and Mekong River. Whereas reading the article about River source people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Spring, Surface runoff, Nile, River Wey and Igarapé.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

ja: 水源
simple: River source
et: Lähe

News from 1 July 2026

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In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Julián Quiñones, List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers, Kylian Mbappé, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Erling Haaland, DR Congo national football team, Melat Kiros, FIFA World Cup.

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