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glacial erratic

piece of rock that has been moved by a glacier, its size ranges from pebbles to large boulders
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glacial erratic

Summary

glacial erratic ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,343 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • glacial erratic is a type of rock fragment[2].
  • glacial erratic is a type of geographical feature[3].
  • glacial erratic is a type of erratic[4].
  • glacial erratic's Commons category is recorded as Glacial erratics[5].
  • glacial erratic's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Glacial erratics[6].
  • glacial erratic's Commons gallery is recorded as Glacial erratic[7].
  • glacial erratic's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as natural=stone[8].
  • glacial erratic's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • glacial erratic's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia[10].
  • glacial erratic's different from is recorded as glacial boulder[11].
  • glacial erratic's name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Findling'}[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include rock fragment[2], geographical feature[3], and erratic[4].

Why It Matters

glacial erratic ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,343 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → glacial boulder
    Subclass of → rock fragment, geographical feature, erratic
    Image → ...yet more Norber Erratics. - geograph.org.uk - 42417.jpg
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 19117, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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