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back-arc basin

submarine features associated with island arcs and subduction zones
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Summary

back-arc basin ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (279 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • back-arc basin's field of work was geology[2].
  • back-arc basin is a type of structural basin[3].
  • back-arc basin is a type of oceanic basin[4].
  • back-arc basin's Commons category is recorded as Back-arc basins[5].
  • back-arc basin's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Back-arc basins[6].
  • back-arc basin's P14541 is recorded as 3yVNAz[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include structural basin[3] and oceanic basin[4].

Why It Matters

back-arc basin ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (279 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

geology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Exact match → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'pt', 'sk', '
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    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002277"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3yVNAz
    Field of work → geology
    Field of work → —
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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