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karst

topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks
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karst

Summary

karst ranks in the top 0.82% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,293 views/month, #637 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • karst is a type of landscape[2].
  • karst is a type of landform[3].
  • karst's Commons category is recorded as Karst[4].
  • karst's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Karst[5].
  • karst's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • karst's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7].
  • karst's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Karst'}[8].
  • karst's different from is recorded as Kras[9].
  • karst's different from is recorded as pseudokarst[10].
  • karst's studied by is recorded as karstology[11].
  • karst's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000175[12].
  • karst's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include landscape[2] and landform[3].

Why It Matters

karst ranks in the top 0.82% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,293 views/month, #637 of 77,819).[1] karst has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] karst is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Kras, pseudokarst
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → landscape, landform
    Described by source → Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 15690, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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