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spit

coastal bar or beach landform deposited by longshore drift
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spit

Summary

spit ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (762 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • spit is a type of barrier beach[2].
  • spit is part of graded shoreline[3].
  • spit's Commons category is recorded as Spits[4].
  • spit's said to be the same as is recorded as Nehrung[5].
  • spit's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Spits (landform)[6].
  • spit's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox spit[7].
  • spit's different from is recorded as headland[8].

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Definition and Type

spit is a type of barrier beach[2].

Use and Application

spit is part of graded shoreline[3].

Why It Matters

spit ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (762 views/month).[1] spit has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] spit is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . mass.gov. Retrieved . mass.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → headland
    Subclass of → barrier beach
    Said to be the same as → Nehrung
    Topic has template → Template:Infobox spit
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007529454705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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