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Earth's crust

Earth's outer layer
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Earth's crust
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Summary

Earth's crust is a crust[1]. It draws 6,986 Wikipedia views per month (crust category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Part of: Earth[3], internal structure of Earth[4]
  • Commons category: Crust of the Earth[5]
  • Has part(s): basalt[6], granite[7], sedimentary cover[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Earth's crust[9]
  • Described by source: Meyer’s Universum, Siebenter Band[10], Meyer’s Universum, Dreizehnter Band[11]
  • Studied by: planetary science[12], geology[13], geophysics[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]

Why It Matters

Earth's crust has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

geology geophysics planetary science

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Earth, internal structure of Earth
    Instance of → —
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2381936
    Aliases → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 13308, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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