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crater

depression on the Earth or celestial body caused by some form of explosion, including bolide impact, volcanic eruption or chemical/nuclear explosion
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crater

Summary

crater ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (413 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • crater is a type of depression[2].
  • crater's Commons category is recorded as Craters[3].
  • crater's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Craters[4].
  • crater's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[5].
  • crater's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox crater[6].
  • crater's properties for this type is recorded as P2386[7].
  • crater's properties for this type is recorded as P4511[8].
  • crater's properties for this type is recorded as P376[9].
  • crater's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000514[10].

Body

Definition and Type

crater is a type of depression[2].

Why It Matters

crater ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (413 views/month).[1] crater has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] crater is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . 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.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . 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). crater. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/crater
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_crater_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{crater}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/crater}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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Edit History

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 · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template → Template:Infobox crater
    Subclass of → depression
    Aliases → —
    Properties for this type → P2386, P4511, P376
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 11117, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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