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gravel pit

open-pit mine for the extraction of gravel
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Summary

gravel pit ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (243 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • gravel pit is a type of surface mine[2].
  • gravel pit's Commons category is recorded as Gravel pits[3].
  • gravel pit's product or material produced is recorded as gravel[4].
  • gravel pit's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000473[5].

Body

Definition and Type

gravel pit is a type of surface mine[2].

Influence

Things named for gravel pit include Šoderica[6], a lake[7], in Croatia[8], founded in 1869[9].

Why It Matters

gravel pit ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (243 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Entities named for it include Šoderica[6], a lake[7], in Croatia[8], founded in 1869[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). gravel pit. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/gravel-pit-q504874
MLA “gravel pit.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 16 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/gravel-pit-q504874.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_gravel-pit-q504874_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{gravel pit}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/gravel-pit-q504874}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14w ago · Vicarage · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Q137735409
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: type of mining site"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0326468-sterkovny
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0326468-sterkovny, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Product or material produced → gravel
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → surface mine
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|15 */ Yso id: 24054, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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