mud
mixture of water and any combination of soil, silt, and clay
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Summary
mud ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,966 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: clastic sediment[2], building material[3], mixture[4]
- Commons category: Mud[5]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mud[6]
- Commons gallery: Mud[7]
- OpenStreetMap tag: natural=mud[8], surface=mud[9]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[11], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[12], Oral history interview record AY.3.2026.04.07, “Archaeological Archives as Inclusive Learning Laboratories”[13]
- Equivalent class: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000001[14], https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/rockmaterial/Mud[15]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]
- P14692: Bridon Ropes F.C.[17]
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Influence
Things named for mud include February[18], a calendar month[19]; big ball of mud[20], a programming anti-pattern[21]; and Mudborne: Frog Management Sim[22], a video game[23].
Why It Matters
mud has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] mud is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]
Entities named for mud include February[18], a calendar month[19]; big ball of mud[20], a programming anti-pattern[21]; and Mudborne: Frog Management Sim[22], a video game[23].