glacial period

interval of time within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances
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glacial period

Summary

glacial period ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (280 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • glacial period's GND ID is recorded as 4014129-9[2].
  • glacial period's subclass of is recorded as climate era[3].
  • glacial period's part of is recorded as ice age[4].
  • glacial period's Commons category is recorded as Ice ages[5].
  • glacial period's pronunciation audio is recorded as De-Eiszeit.ogg[6].
  • glacial period's opposite of is recorded as interglacial period[7].
  • glacial period's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03gq3fw[8].
  • glacial period's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 551.792[9].
  • glacial period's PSH ID is recorded as 3775[10].
  • glacial period's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • glacial period's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 15739521[12].
  • glacial period's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 4001708[13].
  • glacial period's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C15739521[14].
  • glacial period's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/ae633969-6aa7-432a-bda4-7627a35a0f36[15].

Why It Matters

glacial period ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (280 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  7. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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