weathering

breaking down of rocks, soil and minerals as well as artificial materials through contact with the Earth's atmosphere, biota and waters
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weathering

Summary

weathering ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,569 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • weathering was influenced by ocean acidification[2].
  • weathering is a type of transformation[3].
  • weathering is a type of pedologic process[4].
  • weathering is a type of destruction[5].
  • weathering's Commons category is recorded as Weathering[6].
  • weathering's applies to part is recorded as water[7].
  • weathering's applies to part is recorded as calcium carbonate[8].
  • weathering's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Weathering[9].
  • weathering's Commons gallery is recorded as Weathering[10].
  • weathering's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • weathering's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[12].
  • weathering's has effect is recorded as erosion[13].
  • weathering's has effect is recorded as smoothness[14].
  • weathering's has effect is recorded as limestone[15].
  • weathering's destroyed is recorded as artificial object[16].
  • weathering's destroyed is recorded as soil[17].
  • weathering's destroyed is recorded as rock[18].
  • weathering's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include transformation[3], pedologic process[4], and destruction[5].

Movements and Schools

weathering was influenced by ocean acidification[2].

Why It Matters

weathering ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,569 views/month).[1] weathering has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] weathering is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect erosion, smoothness, limestone
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 2336263
    Aliases
    Influenced by ocean acidification
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 10485, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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