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outcrop

visible exposure of bedrock or ancient superficial deposits on the surface of the Earth
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outcrop

Summary

outcrop ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (339 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • outcrop is made of rock[2].
  • outcrop is a type of natural geographic object[3].
  • outcrop is a type of natural physical object[4].
  • outcrop is a type of Q141223024[5].
  • outcrop's Commons category is recorded as Outcrops[6].
  • outcrop's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Outcrops[7].
  • outcrop's topic's main category is recorded as Q9498464[8].
  • outcrop's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as geological=outcrop[9].
  • outcrop's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000302[10].
  • outcrop's equivalent class is recorded as https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicfeature/Outcrop[11].
  • outcrop's studied by is recorded as stratigraphy[12].
  • outcrop's studied by is recorded as geology[13].
  • outcrop's P14692 is recorded as Tcl[14].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include natural geographic object[3], natural physical object[4], and Q141223024[5].

Why It Matters

outcrop ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (339 views/month).[1] outcrop has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] outcrop is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

geology stratigraphy

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_outcrop_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{outcrop}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/outcrop}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-10}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Ciepiersia · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Outcrops, Q9498464
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P910]]: [[Q9498464]]"
  2. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Exact match → —
    Equivalent class → http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000302, https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicfeature/Outcrop
    Quora topic id → Rock-Outcrops
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P3417]]: Rock-Outcrops"
  3. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → natural geographic object, natural physical object, Q141223024
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q141223024]]"
  4. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Tcl
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  5. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → natural geographic object, natural physical object, Q141223024
    Studied by → stratigraphy, geology
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007532067305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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