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limnology

science of inland waters ecosystems
Intangible academic_discipline Q165838
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Summary

limnology is an academic discipline[1]. limnology draws 1,519 Wikipedia views per month (academic discipline category, ranking #232 of 1,010).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: academic major[3], field of study[4]
  • Subclass of: aquatic science[5]
  • Part of: chemistry[6], physics[7], freshwater ecology[8]
  • Commons category: Limnology[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Limnology[10]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[12]
  • Different from: freshwater ecology[13], lake ecology[14], reservoir ecology[15]
  • Hashtag: Limnology[16]
  • Is the study of: land waters[17]
  • Practiced by: limnologist[18]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Limnology and Oceanography[20], WikiProject Geography[21]

Why It Matters

limnology has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] limnology is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

chemistry physics

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → t4CsM
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  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0237465-limnologie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0237465-limnologie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → chemistry, physics, freshwater ecology
    Instance of → —
    Different from → freshwater ecology, lake ecology, reservoir ecology
    Aliases → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 11880, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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