lithosphere

rigid, outermost shell of a terrestrial-type planet or natural satellite that is defined by its rigid mechanical properties
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lithosphere

Summary

lithosphere is a geosphere[1]. lithosphere draws 605 Wikipedia views per month (geosphere category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • lithosphere's instance of is recorded as geosphere[3].
  • lithosphere's GND ID is recorded as 4139001-5[4].
  • lithosphere's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2011000728[5].
  • lithosphere's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11933654s[6].
  • lithosphere's subclass of is recorded as layer[7].
  • lithosphere's part of is recorded as geomorphology[8].
  • lithosphere's part of is recorded as Earth[9].
  • lithosphere's part of is recorded as terrestrial planet[10].
  • lithosphere's Commons category is recorded as Lithospheres[11].
  • lithosphere's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 48404[12].
  • lithosphere's has part is recorded as tectonic plate[13].
  • lithosphere's has part is recorded as Q25569549[14].
  • lithosphere's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012jpj[15].
  • lithosphere's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph115160[16].
  • lithosphere's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lithosphere[17].
  • lithosphere's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 551[18].
  • lithosphere's PSH ID is recorded as 4538[19].
  • lithosphere's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20].
  • lithosphere's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21].
  • lithosphere's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22].
  • lithosphere's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/lithosphere[23].
  • lithosphere's YSO ID is recorded as 21786[24].
  • lithosphere's studied by is recorded as geology[25].
  • lithosphere's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000646[26].
  • lithosphere's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as lithosphere[27].

Body

Geography

Part of include geomorphology[8], a branch of geology[28]; Earth[9], an inner planet of the Solar System[29], founded in -4540000000[30]; and terrestrial planet[10], an astronomical object type[31].

Designation and Status

lithosphere's instance of is recorded as geosphere[3].

Why It Matters

lithosphere draws 605 Wikipedia views per month (geosphere category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] lithosphere has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] lithosphere is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . 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. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_lithosphere_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{lithosphere}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/lithosphere}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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