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horst

Raised fault block bounded by normal faults
Place geological_term Q212136
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horst

Summary

horst is a geological term[1]. horst draws 303 Wikipedia views per month (geological_term category, ranking #5 of 11).[2]

Key Facts

  • horst's instance of is recorded as geological term[3].
  • horst is a type of natural geographic object[4].
  • horst is a type of landform[5].
  • horst is a type of geologic feature[6].
  • horst's Commons category is recorded as Horsts[7].
  • horst is the opposite of graben[8].
  • horst's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Horsts (geology)[9].
  • horst's facet of is recorded as tectonics[10].
  • horst's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • horst's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • horst's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[13].
  • horst's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000289[14].

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Designation and Status

horst's instance of is recorded as geological term[3].

Why It Matters

horst draws 303 Wikipedia views per month (geological_term category, ranking #5 of 11).[2] horst has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] horst is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Q140249898
    Opposite of → graben
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
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