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photic zone

uppermost layer of water in a lake or ocean that is exposed to sunlight more than 1% of surface illumination
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photic zone

Summary

photic zone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (155 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • photic zone's followed by is recorded as dysphotic zone[2].
  • photic zone's subclass of is recorded as pelagic zone[3].
  • photic zone's said to be the same as is recorded as Epipelagic[4].
  • photic zone's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bddk[5].
  • photic zone's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/photic-zone[6].
  • photic zone's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/euphotic-zone[7].
  • photic zone's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000209[8].
  • photic zone's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as euphotic-zone[9].
  • photic zone's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 135650[10].
  • photic zone's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 86839594[11].
  • photic zone's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C86839594[12].

Why It Matters

photic zone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (155 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 15 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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Environment Ontology. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. 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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). photic zone. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/photic-zone
MLA “photic zone.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/photic-zone.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_photic-zone_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{photic zone}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/photic-zone}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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