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Volga River (Example)
Volga in Yaroslavl (autumn morning)
Origin	Valdai Hills
Mouth	Caspian Sea
Basin countries	Russia
Length	3,690 km (2,293 mi)
Source elevation	225 m (738 ft)
Mouth elevation	0
Avg. discharge	8,000 m³/s (282,517 ft³/s)
Basin area	1,380,000 km² (532,821 mi²)

This template is part of the Rivers WikiProject.

[edit] Usage

[edit] Example

The wikicode below will create the Infobox at right:

{{Infobox_river | river_name = Volga River (Example)
  | image_name = Russia_River_Volga.jpg
  | caption = Volga in [[Yaroslavl]] (autumn morning)
  | origin = [[Valdai Hills]]
  | mouth = [[Caspian Sea]]
  | basin_countries = [[Russia]]
  | length = 3,690 km (2,293 mi)
  | elevation = 225 m (738 ft)
  | mouth_elevation = 0
  | discharge = 8,000 m³/s (282,517 ft³/s)
  | watershed = 1,380,000 km² (532,821 mi²)
}}

[edit] Using the Template

{{Infobox_river 
  | river_name = NAME
  | image_name = IMAGE_FILE_NAME
  | caption = CAPTION
  | origin = ORIGIN
  | mouth = MOUTH
  | basin_countries = BASIN_COUNTRIES
  | length = KILOMETERS km (MILES mi)
  | elevation = METERS m (FEET ft)
  | mouth_elevation = METERS m (FEET ft)
  | discharge = METERS m³/s (FEET ft³/s)
  | watershed = KILOMETERS km² (MILES mi²)
}}

<!-- End Infobox template table -->

• Be sure to replace all of the all-caps words.
• Any of the items above can be safely left blank. Note that you may include an image with no caption, but a caption will not be shown if there is no image.
• Wiki links [[]] are fine in any of the Infobox fields.
• Include the HTML comments before and following the template; they help inexperienced editors.
• Please spend some time at the Rivers WikiProject article and its talk page for standards on presenting names and other data.

[edit] Empty syntax

Copy this syntax block if you prefer to cut and paste into an empty template.

<!-- The following few lines create the "Infobox" table template.
     Please scroll down to edit the main content of the article. -->

{{Infobox_river 
  | river_name = 
  | image_name =
  | caption = 
  | origin = 
  | mouth = 
  | basin_countries =
  | length = 
  | elevation = 
  | mouth_elevation = 
  | discharge = 
  | watershed = 
}}

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[edit] Alternate Units of Measurement

The following alternate empty syntax blocks are for use where you only have data in either metric or in Imperial units, or where the subject of your article calls for a different order. For example, the Mississippi River in America probably ought to use Imperial (metric) syntax, while the Canadian Mississippi would more appropriately use metric (Imperial).

Imperial (metric)

<!-- The following few lines create the "Infobox" table template.
     Please scroll down to edit the main content of the article. -->

{{Infobox_river 
  | river_name = RIVER_NAME
  | image_name = IMAGE_NAME
  | caption = CAPTION
  | origin = ORIGIN
  | mouth = MOUTH
  | basin_countries = BASIN_COUNTRIES
  | length = MILES mi (KILOMETERS km)
  | elevation = FEET ft (METERS m)
  | mouth_elevation = FEET ft (METERS m)
  | discharge = FEET ft³/s (METERS m³/s)
  | watershed = MILES mi² (KILOMETERS km²)
}}

<!-- End Infobox template table -->

Metric Only

<!-- The following few lines create the "Infobox" table template.
     Please scroll down to edit the main content of the article. -->

{{Infobox_river 
  | river_name = RIVER_NAME
  | image_name = IMAGE_NAME
  | caption = CAPTION
  | origin = ORIGIN
  | mouth = MOUTH
  | basin_countries = BASIN_COUNTRIES
  | length = KILOMETERS km
  | elevation = METERS m
  | mouth_elevation = METERS m
  | discharge = METERS m³/s
  | watershed = KILOMETERS km²
}}

<!-- End Infobox template table -->

Imperial Only

:)
<!-- The following few lines create the "Infobox" table template.
     Please scroll down to edit the main content of the article. -->

{{Infobox_river 
  | river_name = RIVER_NAME
  | image_name = IMAGE_NAME
  | caption = CAPTION
  | origin = ORIGIN
  | mouth = MOUTH
  | basin_countries = BASIN_COUNTRIES
  | length = MILES mi
  | elevation = FEET ft
  | mouth_elevation = FEET ft
  | discharge = FEET ft³/s
  | watershed = MILES mi²
}}

<!-- End Infobox template table -->

[edit] Discussion

I modified this template to use a new CSS style that hides table rows if the corresponding parameters are left blank. This system also means we no longer need to call a sub-template, eliminating any conflict with WP:AUM. No article edits are required by these changes. —Papayoung ☯ 05:14, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] TfD nomination of Template:River

Template:River has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#Template:River. Thank you.--Wikiacc (talk) 19:58, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Note: The original Template river has been deleted and that name is now used for the WikiProject talk page template. Rmhermen 18:03, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Disambig fix

I've redirected "basin" to watershed, as that is the most reasonable option on the disambig page - but that makes two links to watershed in this article, so you may wish to find an alternative expression. BD2412 T 01:16, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] What happened?

I don't know anything about the creation of templates, but I've noticed that the static descriptors (Origin, Length, Basin countries, etc.) have disappeared from the finished infobox, so that now there's just a list of countries and numbers with no information about what they refer to. See the Volga example at top. What happened? Can anybody fix it? Malepheasant 00:11, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

• The change was reverted and it's fine now, so... thanks! -- Malepheasant 06:43, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
• Sorry about that. A new feature, '#if:' (see m:ParserFunctions), was built into the MediaWiki software by the developers to replace 'hiddenStructure' and 'qif'. I was converting this to that new format so it will be ready when those older methods are removed. I made a mistake in the line spacing which caused the problem, but it should be corrected now. Please let me know if there are other issues. --CBDunkerson 13:10, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why no elevation at the mouth?

I realize many major rivers flow into the sea, but many rivers flow into other rivers. It seems that it would be useful to include the elevation of the river at the mouth. If it is sea level, this could be left blank or entered as "sea level" (or whatever the accepted term is). Thanks, Ruhrfisch 04:25, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

• I agree that this would be a useful addition. Malepheasant 03:39, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
• I agree as well. This would also help us identify rivers that are essentially at risk of sea level rise vs. those that are less threatened. MCalamari 18:24, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Annual Discharge Volume

In addition to talking about river discharge as a flowrate (cfs), for water supply purposes US engineers look to the annual volume of water without any time reference. The common unit of discharge is acre-feet or thousands of acre-feet. Could we add a second discharge box called "discharge volume" to supplement the "discharge flowrate"? Discharge volumes are also very important on rivers that are dammed, as any reservoir storage volume or capacity is somewhat related (based on the design needs of the structure) to the annual discharge volume. (Flood pools will still be set to discharge flowrates, but storage pools will tend to focus on the longer time averaged volume.) MCalamari 18:30, 26 October 2006 (UTC)