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massif

section of a planet's crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures
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massif

Summary

massif ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,842 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • massif is a type of landscape[2].
  • massif is a type of landform[3].
  • massif is a type of geological massif[4].
  • massif's Commons category is recorded as Massifs[5].
  • massif's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mountain massifs[6].
  • massif's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7].
  • massif's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • massif's different from is recorded as Masiv[9].
  • massif's different from is recorded as group of mountains[10].
  • massif's different from is recorded as mountain chain[11].
  • massif's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000381[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include landscape[2], landform[3], and geological massif[4].

Why It Matters

massif ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,842 views/month).[1] massif has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] massif is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · SdHb · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → landscape, landform, geological massif
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Aliases → —
    Different from → Masiv, group of mountains, mountain chain
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q106589819]]"
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