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permafrost

soil frozen permanently (practically for a duration of at least two years)
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Summary

permafrost is a soil type[1]. permafrost ranks in the top 3% of soil type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,852 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Canada[3], Russia[4], United States[5]
  • Subclass of: cryolitic zone[6], soil[7], geographical feature[8]
  • Commons category: Permafrost[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Permafrost[10]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[13]
  • Different from: Permafrost[14]
  • Studied by: cryostratigraphy[15], geocryology[16]
  • Associated hazard: global warming[17], climate change[18]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Climate change[19], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]

Why It Matters

permafrost has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] permafrost is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

Canada Russia United States

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. Retrieved . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 12d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → soil type
    Exact match → —
    Wikidata description → soil frozen permanently (practically for a duration of at least two years)
    Claims rich → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000134"
  2. 14d ago · Charmaine Pearl Fundal Sin · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ast', 'bat_smg', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bh', 'br', 'bxr', 'ca',
    Sitelink count → 76
    Wikidata description → soil frozen permanently (practically for a duration of at least two years)
    Instance of → soil type
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Instance of: permafrost"
  3. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → permafrost
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: permafrost, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289954403|permafrost (#289954403)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
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