Fossa Magna

great rift lowland in Japan
Place rift_valley Q5356574
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Fossa Magna

Summary

Fossa Magna is a rift valley[1]. It draws 35 Wikipedia views per month (rift_valley category, ranking #2 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fossa Magna is credited with the discovery of Edmund Naumann[3].
  • Fossa Magna is located in Niigata Prefecture[4].
  • Fossa Magna is located in Toyama Prefecture[5].
  • Fossa Magna is located in Nagano Prefecture[6].
  • Fossa Magna is located in Shizuoka Prefecture[7].
  • Fossa Magna is located in Yamanashi Prefecture[8].
  • Fossa Magna is located in Kanagawa Prefecture[9].
  • Fossa Magna is in the country of Japan[10].
  • Fossa Magna's instance of is recorded as rift valley[11].
  • Fossa Magna's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 258169195[12].
  • Fossa Magna's locator map image is recorded as Tectonic map of southwest Japan.png[13].
  • Fossa Magna's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00577510[14].
  • Fossa Magna's Commons category is recorded as Fossa Magna[15].
  • Fossa Magna's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Honshu[16].
  • Fossa Magna's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Fossa-Magna[17].
  • Fossa Magna's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Fossa Magna'}[18].
  • Fossa Magna's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1229cl_n[19].
  • Fossa Magna's has boundary is recorded as Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line[20].
  • Fossa Magna's has boundary is recorded as Kashiwazaki-Chiba Tectonic Line[21].
  • Fossa Magna's dedicated heritage entity is recorded as Fossa Magna Museum[22].
  • Fossa Magna's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as フォッサマグナ[23].

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Geography

Fossa Magna is in the country of Japan[10]. Located in include Niigata Prefecture[4], a prefecture of Japan[24], in Japan[25], founded in 1870[26]; Toyama Prefecture[5], a prefecture of Japan[27], in Japan[28]; Nagano Prefecture[6], a prefecture of Japan[29], in Japan[30], founded in 1871[31]; Shizuoka Prefecture[7], a prefecture of Japan[32], in Japan[33], founded in 1871[34]; Yamanashi Prefecture[8], a prefecture of Japan[35], in Japan[36]; and Kanagawa Prefecture[9], a prefecture of Japan[37], in Japan[38], founded in 1868[39], headquartered in Kanagawa Prefectural offices[40].

Designation and Status

Fossa Magna's instance of is recorded as rift valley[11].

Why It Matters

Fossa Magna draws 35 Wikipedia views per month (rift_valley category, ranking #2 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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