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land cover

nature of the physical material at the surface of the earth
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land cover

Summary

land cover ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (126 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • land cover is a type of natural resource[2].
  • land cover is a type of land[3].
  • land cover's Commons category is recorded as Land cover[4].
  • land cover's said to be the same as is recorded as land use[5].
  • land cover's facet of is recorded as Earth's surface[6].
  • land cover's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[7].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include natural resource[2] and land[3].

Influence

Things named for land cover include CORINE Land Cover[8], a data set[9].

Why It Matters

land cover ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (126 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Entities named for it include CORINE Land Cover[8], a data set[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [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). land cover. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/land-cover
MLA “land cover.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/land-cover.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_land-cover_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{land cover}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/land-cover}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → Earth's surface
    Subclass of → natural resource, land
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 38396, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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