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core–mantle boundary

discontinuity where the bottom of the planet's mantle meets the outer layer of the core
Thing discontinuity Q1330051
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core–mantle boundary

Summary

core–mantle boundary is a discontinuity[1]. It draws 112 Wikipedia views per month (discontinuity category, ranking #2 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • core–mantle boundary's image is recorded as Slice earth.svg[3].
  • core–mantle boundary's instance of is recorded as discontinuity[4].
  • core–mantle boundary's part of is recorded as mantle[5].
  • core–mantle boundary's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05106j[6].
  • core–mantle boundary's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Gutenberg-discontinuity[7].
  • core–mantle boundary's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as core-mantle-boundary[8].
  • core–mantle boundary's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 127723449[9].
  • core–mantle boundary's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C127723449[10].

Why It Matters

core–mantle boundary draws 112 Wikipedia views per month (discontinuity category, ranking #2 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). core–mantle boundary. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/core-mantle-boundary
MLA “core–mantle boundary.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/core-mantle-boundary.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_core-mantle-boundary_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{core–mantle boundary}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/core-mantle-boundary}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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