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orogeny

formation of mountain ranges at convergent plate boundaries
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orogeny

Summary

orogeny is a concept[1]. orogeny draws 1,066 Wikipedia views per month (concept category, ranking #106 of 912).[2]

Key Facts

  • orogeny's instance of is recorded as concept[3].
  • orogeny's instance of is recorded as geological process[4].
  • orogeny's instance of is recorded as creation[5].
  • orogeny is a type of tectogenesis[6].
  • orogeny is a type of diastrophism[7].
  • orogeny is a type of mountain formation[8].
  • orogeny's Commons category is recorded as Orogeny[9].
  • orogeny's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Orogeny[10].
  • orogeny's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[11].
  • orogeny's has effect is recorded as mountain range[12].
  • orogeny's different from is recorded as ore genesis[13].
  • orogeny's has list is recorded as list of orogenies[14].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include concept[3], geological process[4], and creation[5]. Recorded subclass of include tectogenesis[6], diastrophism[7], and mountain formation[8].

Why It Matters

orogeny draws 1,066 Wikipedia views per month (concept category, ranking #106 of 912).[2] orogeny has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] orogeny is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect → mountain range
    Instance of → concept, geological process, creation
    Has list → list of orogenies
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 4185796
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553358005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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