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breakwater

structure constructed on coasts as part of coastal management or to protect an anchorage
Class type of: fixed construction Q215635
breakwater
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Facts

6 properties
Subclass of
fixed construction
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition, The New Student's Reference Work, Sytin Military Encyclopedia[4][5][6][7][8]
Different from
groyne at beach[9]
Made from material
wave-dissipating concrete block[2]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10]
OpenStreetMap tag
man_made=breakwater[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en breakwater ar حاجز أمواج cs vlnolam da mole de Wellenbrecher el κυματοθραύστης es rompeolas es Cortaolas es Malecon es Malecón fa موج‌شکن fi aallonmurtaja fr brise-lame fr brise-lames fr môle he שובר גלים hi तरंगरोध hu hullámtörő id Pemecah gelombang id Pemecah ombak
🔖 Identifiers · 35
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85016673
GND ID
4273844-1
OpenAlex ID
C25282124
15min.lt topic ID
19602
AGROVOC ID
c_1074
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300006137
Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
molas
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/15400
BNCF Thesaurus ID
42442
BVPB authority ID
104263
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
121194301
Climate Policy Radar Topics
monarch
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Dewey Decimal Classification
627.24
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
technology/breakwater
Freebase ID
/m/03zrlf
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
trencaonades
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0275993, 0104919
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
molo
J9U entity ID
987007282645005171
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
breakwaters
KBpedia ID
Breakwater
Lex ID
mole_-_i_en_havn
Lithuania Minor Encyclopedia ID
molas
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
25282124
NDL Authority ID
00560820
National Library of Latvia ID
000113413
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX541269
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
906637
OpenStreetMap Wiki item ID
Günter Grass
RKD thesaurus ID
67224
Topic's main category
Category:Breakwaters
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
02897867-n
YSO ID
26021
Yale LUX ID
concept/8ee6d6f7-f828-4dc2-89f2-fc03fd911f88
Yle topic ID
18-289786

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Examples 2
Central Breakwater, Porporela
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Subclass of 1
fixed construction
Topic's main category 1
Category:Breakwaters
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Breakwaters
← Different from 1
sea wall
← FactGrid item ID 1
Tupholme
← Has use 1
mole
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Summary

breakwater is a type of fixed construction[1].

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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. 1d ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-11-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BVPB authority ID → 104263
    "Created claim: BVPB authority ID: 104263, batch #294593"
  2. 24d ago · Salgo60 · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Climate Policy Radar Topics → monarch
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition +1
    "Created claim: Climate Policy Radar Topics: Q116, batch #291594"
  3. 8w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID → XX541269
    "Created claim: National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX541269"
  4. 11w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    OpenStreetMap Wiki item ID → Günter Grass
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #48943: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  5. 25w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → groyne at beach
    Topic's main category → Category:Breakwaters
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition +1
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 26021, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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