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firn

granular snow, especially on the upper part of a glacier, where it has not yet been compressed into ice
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firn

Summary

firn is a type of mixture of chemical entities[1]. firn has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • firn's instance of is recorded as type of mixture of chemical entities[3].
  • firn is a type of snow[4].
  • firn's Commons category is recorded as Firn[5].
  • firn's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[6].
  • firn's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • firn's described by source is recorded as Antarctica: The Melting Continent[8].
  • firn's density is recorded as {'unit': 'Q844211', 'amount': '+715'}[9].
  • firn's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_03000002[10].
  • firn's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11].

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Definition and Type

firn's instance of is recorded as type of mixture of chemical entities[3]. firn is a type of snow[4].

Why It Matters

firn has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] firn is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . avalanches.org. avalanches.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_firn_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{firn}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/firn}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 21h ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 25J0Q6
    Instance of → type of mixture of chemical entities
    Density → {'unit': 'Q844211', 'amount': '+715'}
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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