forest

dense collection of trees covering a relatively large area
Thing ecosystem_type Q4421
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forest

Summary

forest is an ecosystem type[1]. forest draws 2,687 Wikipedia views per month (ecosystem_type category, ranking #3 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • forest's instance of is recorded as ecosystem type[3].
  • forest's instance of is recorded as vegetational formation[4].
  • forest is a type of biome[5].
  • forest is a type of natural geographic entity[6].
  • forest is a type of geographical feature[7].
  • forest is a type of ecosystem[8].
  • forest is a type of habitat[9].
  • forest is part of natural environment[10].
  • forest is part of biosphere[11].
  • forest is part of biome[12].
  • forest's Commons category is recorded as Forests[13].
  • forest comprises stand[14].
  • forest comprises forest station[15].
  • forest comprises vegetation[16].
  • forest comprises high forest[17].
  • forest comprises selection cutting[18].
  • forest comprises Coppice[19].
  • forest comprises Q3514028[20].
  • forest comprises coppicing[21].
  • forest comprises oak forest[22].
  • forest comprises beech forest[23].
  • forest comprises mixed forest[24].
  • forest comprises spruce-fir forests[25].
  • forest comprises Laurel forest[26].
  • forest comprises tropical forest[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include ecosystem type[3] and vegetational formation[4]. Recorded subclass of include biome[5], natural geographic entity[6], geographical feature[7], ecosystem[8], and habitat[9].

Use and Application

Components include stand[14]; forest station[15]; vegetation[16], a botanic term[28]; high forest[17], a specialized term[29]; selection cutting[18]; and Coppice[19]. Part of include natural environment[10]; biosphere[11], a geographic envelope[30]; and biome[12].

Influence

Things named for forest include Leshy[31], a fictional creature[32]; Lake of the Woods[33], a lake[34], in Canada[35]; forest schooling[36], a teaching method[37], in Indonesia[38]; silvopasture[39]; Forest County[40], a county of Pennsylvania[41], in United States[42], founded in 1857[43], headquartered in Tionesta[44]; forest kindergarten[45], a teaching method[46]; Laforet[47], a shopping center[48], in Japan[49], founded in 1978[50]; and Wald[51], a family name[52].

Why It Matters

forest draws 2,687 Wikipedia views per month (ecosystem_type category, ranking #3 of 8).[2] forest has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] forest is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

Entities named for forest include Leshy[31], a fictional creature[32]; Lake of the Woods[33], a lake[34], in Canada[35]; forest schooling[36], a teaching method[37], in Indonesia[38]; silvopasture[39]; Forest County[40], a county of Pennsylvania[41], in United States[42], founded in 1857[43], headquartered in Tionesta[44]; and forest kindergarten[45], a teaching method[46].

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] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [40] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [45] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [47] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [51] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [50] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [52] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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