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ford

Crossing in a river

EntityQ12743

Also known as fording location · river ford · river crossing

Subclass of: road
, river crossing

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A ford is a shallow section of a river or stream where it may be crossed by wading, on horseback, or inside a vehicle. A ford may occur naturally or be constructed. Fords may be impassable during high water. A low-water crossing is a low bridge that allows crossing over a river or stream when water is low but may be treated as a ford when the river is high and water covers the crossing.

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31 statements · 29% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

OpenStreetMap tag: ford=yes
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1.wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:ford
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Different from: Q29626727

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25 identifiers linking ford across the web's reference databases

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29%

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AIDb. (2026). ford (Q12743). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/ford-Q12743