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drylands

land with a scarcity of water (but not desert)
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drylands

Summary

drylands is a biome[1]. drylands draws 129 Wikipedia views per month (biome category, ranking #21 of 23).[2]

Key Facts

  • drylands's instance of is recorded as biome[3].
  • drylands's instance of is recorded as landscape[4].
  • drylands's instance of is recorded as ecosystem[5].
  • drylands's instance of is recorded as habitat[6].
  • drylands is a type of extreme environment[7].
  • drylands is a type of ecosystem[8].
  • drylands's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/University of Washington[9].
  • drylands's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[10].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include biome[3], landscape[4], ecosystem[5], and habitat[6].

Why It Matters

drylands draws 129 Wikipedia views per month (biome category, ranking #21 of 23).[2] drylands has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] drylands is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . 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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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/University of Washington, WikiProject Climate change
    Instance of → biome, landscape, ecosystem +1
    Instance of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 28396, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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