hoodoo

tall, thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of an arid drainage basin or badland
Place natural_geographic_object Q854550
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hoodoo

Summary

hoodoo is a natural geographic object[1]. hoodoo draws 2,164 Wikipedia views per month (natural_geographic_object category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • hoodoo's instance of is recorded as natural geographic object[3].
  • hoodoo's instance of is recorded as geomorphology[4].
  • hoodoo is a type of soil[5].
  • hoodoo is a type of landform[6].
  • hoodoo's Commons category is recorded as Hoodoos[7].
  • hoodoo comprises sedimentary rock[8].
  • hoodoo comprises volcanic rock[9].
  • hoodoo comprises clay[10].
  • hoodoo comprises sand[11].
  • hoodoo's has cause is recorded as erosion[12].
  • hoodoo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hoodoos[13].
  • hoodoo's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as geological=hoodoo[14].
  • hoodoo's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[15].
  • hoodoo's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include natural geographic object[3] and geomorphology[4].

Cultural Significance

Things named for hoodoo include Spine Island[17], an island[18].

Why It Matters

hoodoo draws 2,164 Wikipedia views per month (natural_geographic_object category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] hoodoo has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] hoodoo is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Entities named for hoodoo include Spine Island[17], an island[18].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  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.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . 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. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). hoodoo. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hoodoo-q854550-2
MLA “hoodoo.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/hoodoo-q854550-2.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hoodoo-q854550-2_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{hoodoo}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hoodoo-q854550-2}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) sedimentary rock, volcanic rock, clay +1
    Instance of natural geographic object, geomorphology
    Has parts
    Subclass of
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007291850305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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