John Day Formation

geological formation in Oregon, United States
Landform geological_formation Q3544958
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John Day Formation

Summary

John Day Formation is a geological formation[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of geological_formation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • John Day Formation is located in Oregon[3].
  • John Day Formation is in the country of United States[4].
  • John Day Formation's image is recorded as Blue basin lower trail.jpg[5].
  • John Day Formation's instance of is recorded as geological formation[6].
  • John Day River is named after John Day Formation[7].
  • John Day Formation's Commons category is recorded as John Day Formation[8].
  • John Day Formation's temporal range start is recorded as Eocene[9].
  • John Day Formation's temporal range end is recorded as Miocene[10].
  • John Day Formation's underlies is recorded as Columbia River Basalt Group[11].
  • John Day Formation's underlies is recorded as Mascall Formation[12].
  • John Day Formation's overlies is recorded as Clarno Formation[13].
  • John Day Formation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h64_m3[14].
  • John Day Formation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:John Day Formation[15].
  • John Day Formation's time period is recorded as Tertiary[16].
  • John Day Formation's Geolex ID is recorded as JohnDay_13297[17].

Why It Matters

John Day Formation ranks in the top 8% of geological_formation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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