natural resource

naturally occurring resource, including mineral resources (e.g. metal ores), mined fossil fuels (e.g. petroleum), water resources (e.g. lakes and groundwater), water energy resources, timber, arable land, game (e.g. deer), fish in water bodies, etc.
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natural resource

Summary

natural resource is a resource type[1]. It draws 1,872 Wikipedia views per month (resource_type category, ranking #2 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • natural resource's instance of is recorded as resource type[3].
  • natural resource is a type of environmental resource[4].
  • natural resource is a type of concrete object[5].
  • natural resource is a type of natural object[6].
  • natural resource is part of nature[7].
  • natural resource is part of natural environment[8].
  • natural resource is part of primary commodity[9].
  • natural resource's Commons category is recorded as Natural resources[10].
  • natural resource's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Natural resources[11].
  • natural resource's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[12].
  • natural resource's described by source is recorded as Dictionnaire des biens communs[13].
  • natural resource's partially coincident with is recorded as natural material[14].
  • natural resource's topic has template is recorded as Template:Natural resources[15].
  • natural resource's has characteristic is recorded as type of natural resource[16].
  • natural resource's different from is recorded as environmental resource[17].
  • natural resource's studied by is recorded as natural resources[18].
  • natural resource's studied by is recorded as Political Economy of Natural Resources[19].
  • natural resource's union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[20].
  • natural resource's relates to sustainable development goal, target or indicator is recorded as Target 12.2 of the Sustainable Development Goals[21].

Body

Definition and Type

natural resource's instance of is recorded as resource type[3]. Recorded subclass of include environmental resource[4], concrete object[5], and natural object[6].

Use and Application

Part of include nature[7], a phenomenon[22]; natural environment[8]; and primary commodity[9], a product category[23].

Why It Matters

natural resource draws 1,872 Wikipedia views per month (resource_type category, ranking #2 of 7).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . globalgoals.org. Retrieved . globalgoals.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . 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. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of nature, natural environment, primary commodity
    Subclass of environmental resource, concrete object, natural object
    Has characteristic type of natural resource
    Instance of
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4515, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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