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large, tectonically stable formation of Precambrian crystalline rock
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shield

Summary

shield ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (206 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • shield's GND ID is recorded as 7585147-7[2].
  • shield's subclass of is recorded as non-geologically related mountain range[3].
  • shield's subclass of is recorded as geologic province[4].
  • shield's part of is recorded as craton[5].
  • shield's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03fcs_[6].
  • shield's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shields (geology)[7].
  • shield's PSH ID is recorded as 3819[8].
  • shield's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as bouclier-geomorphologie[9].
  • shield's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 138081364[10].
  • shield's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C138081364[11].

Why It Matters

shield ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (206 views/month).[1] shield has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] shield is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). shield. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/shield-q852013
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_shield-q852013_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{shield}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/shield-q852013}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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