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ice stream

region of fast-moving ice within an ice sheet
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ice stream

Summary

ice stream ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (54 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • ice stream is a type of glacier[2].
  • ice stream's Commons category is recorded as Ice streams[3].
  • ice stream's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ice streams[4].

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Definition and Type

ice stream is a type of glacier[2].

Why It Matters

ice stream ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (54 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Ice streams
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → glacier
    Aliases → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007540057605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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