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bedrock

rock deposit under the Earth's surface
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bedrock

Summary

bedrock ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,217 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • parent material is named after bedrock[2].
  • bedrock is a type of natural physical object[3].
  • bedrock is a type of rock formation[4].
  • bedrock's Commons category is recorded as Bedrock[5].
  • bedrock's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as natural=bare_rock[6].
  • bedrock's studied by is recorded as geology[7].
  • bedrock's studied by is recorded as mining[8].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include natural physical object[3] and rock formation[4].

Origins

parent material is named after bedrock[2].

Why It Matters

bedrock ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,217 views/month).[1] bedrock has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] bedrock is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

geology mining

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . 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. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by → geology, mining
    Named after → parent material
    Subclass of → natural physical object, rock formation
    Subclass of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12594, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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