syncline

type of geological fold
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syncline

Summary

syncline ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,560 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • syncline is a type of fold[2].
  • syncline's Commons category is recorded as Synclines[3].
  • syncline is the opposite of anticline[4].
  • syncline is the opposite of monocline[5].
  • syncline's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[6].
  • syncline's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7].
  • syncline's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • syncline's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • syncline's equivalent class is recorded as https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicfold/Syncline[10].
  • syncline's equivalent class is recorded as http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/FoldProfileTypeValue/syncline[11].
  • syncline's different from is recorded as Q4306931[12].

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Definition and Type

syncline is a type of fold[2]. Recorded opposite of include anticline[4] and monocline[5].

Why It Matters

syncline ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,560 views/month).[1] syncline has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] syncline is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . 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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  1. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicfold/Syncline, http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/FoldProfileTypeValue/sy
    Quora topic id → Syncline, Synclines
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P3417]]: Synclines"
  2. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → fold
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    Opposite of → anticline, monocline
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicfold/Syncline, http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/FoldProfileTypeValue/sy
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicfold/Anticline, Copying from [[Q190147]]"
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