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shield

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 (370 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • shield is a type of non-geologically related mountain range[2].
  • shield is a type of geologic province[3].
  • shield is part of craton[4].
  • shield's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shields (geology)[5].
  • shield's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Q140249898[6].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include non-geologically related mountain range[2] and geologic province[3].

Use and Application

shield is part of craton[4].

Why It Matters

shield ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (370 views/month).[1] shield has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] shield is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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: 2026-10-06}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → science/continental-shield
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'cy', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'fa', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1417]]: science/continental-shield"
  2. 16w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Shields (geology)
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
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