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mountain range

geographic area containing several geologically related mountains
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mountain range

Summary

mountain range ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,650 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • mountain range is a type of landform[2].
  • mountain range is a type of region[3].
  • mountain range is a type of natural geographic object[4].
  • mountain range is part of non-geologically related mountain range[5].
  • mountain range's Commons category is recorded as Mountain ranges[6].
  • mountain range's said to be the same as is recorded as Main chain[7].
  • mountain range's said to be the same as is recorded as non-geologically related mountain range[8].
  • mountain range comprises mountain[9].
  • mountain range comprises mountain chain[10].
  • mountain range's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mountain ranges[11].
  • mountain range's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as natural=mountain_range[12].
  • mountain range's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[13].
  • mountain range's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14].
  • mountain range's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • mountain range's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox mountain range[16].
  • mountain range's main Wikidata property is recorded as P4552[17].
  • mountain range's equivalent class is recorded as https://dbpedia.org/ontology/MountainRange[18].
  • mountain range's different from is recorded as hill chain[19].
  • mountain range's different from is recorded as mountain chain[20].
  • mountain range's different from is recorded as group of mountains[21].
  • mountain range's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000080[22].
  • mountain range's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23].
  • mountain range's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mountains[24].
  • mountain range's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Geography[25].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include landform[2], region[3], and natural geographic object[4].

Use and Application

Components include mountain[9], a feature type[26] and mountain chain[10]. mountain range is part of non-geologically related it[5].

Influence

Things named for mountain range include Orosirian[27], a period[28].

Why It Matters

mountain range ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,650 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for it include Orosirian[27], a period[28].

Related Entities

Adirondack Mountains Alborz Al Hajar Mountains Alps Andes Annamite Range Annapurna Anti-Lebanon mountains Apennines Appalachian Mountains Aravalli Range Atlas Mountains Australian Alps Baikal Mountains Balkan Mountains Beskids Blue Ridge Mountains Canadian Rockies Cascade Range Catskill Mountains Caucasus Mountains Cévennes Chersky Range Crimean Mountains Dinara Dinaric Alps Durmitor Eastern Ghats Great Dividing Range Greater Caucasus

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Environment Ontology. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → hill chain, mountain chain, group of mountains
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mountains, WikiProject Geography
    Local thumb → —
    Subclass of → landform, region, natural geographic object
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4290, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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