silt

classification of soil or sediment
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silt
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silt

Summary

silt ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,444 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • silt is a type of mud[2].
  • silt's Commons category is recorded as Silt[3].
  • silt's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Silt[4].
  • silt's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5].
  • silt's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[6].
  • silt's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000016[7].
  • silt's equivalent class is recorded as https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/rockmaterial/Silt[8].
  • silt's different from is recorded as aleurite[9].

Body

Definition and Type

silt is a type of mud[2].

Influence

Things named for silt include siltstone[10].

Why It Matters

silt ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,444 views/month).[1] silt has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] silt is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Entities named for silt include siltstone[10].

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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. 27d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000016, https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/rockmaterial/Silt
    Mindat mineral id → 49428
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6263]]: 49428"
  2. 29d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000016, https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/rockmaterial/Silt
    Subclass of → mud
    Exact match → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving [[Property:P2888]] to [[Property:P1709]]"
  3. 19w ago · Horcrux · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P1810]]: LIMO, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779097876633"
  4. 21w ago · Threecharlie · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12
    Subclass of → —
    Different from → aleurite
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P4223]]: limo"
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