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quicksand

colloid hydrogel consisting of fine granular material, clay, and water
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Summary

quicksand ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,252 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: non-Newtonian fluid[2], landmass[3]
  • Commons category: Quicksand[4]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[5], The New Student's Reference Work[6]
  • Different from: dry quicksand[7], shifting sand[8], Schlickloch[9]
  • Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001563[10]

Why It Matters

quicksand has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] quicksand is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → dry quicksand, shifting sand, Schlickloch
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → non-Newtonian fluid, landmass
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: quicksand, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289953066|quicksand (#289953066)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
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