dune
landform, hill of sand
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Summary
dune ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,419 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: aeolian landform[2], hill[3], Váté písky[4]
- Part of: dunefield[5]
- Commons category: Dunes[6]
- Topic's main category: Category:Dunes[7]
- Commons gallery: Dune[8]
- OpenStreetMap tag: landform=dune_system[9]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[14]
- Different from: Dune[15]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000170[16]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]
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Influence
Things named for dune include Dune[18], a literary work[19], written by Frank Herbert[20] and Médanos de Coro National Park[21], a national park[22], in Venezuela[23], founded in 1974[24].
Why It Matters
dune has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] dune is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]
Entities named for dune include Dune[18], a literary work[19], written by Frank Herbert[20] and Médanos de Coro National Park[21], a national park[22], in Venezuela[23], founded in 1974[24].