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sedimentary rock

rock formed by the deposition of material
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sedimentary rock
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sedimentary rock

Summary

sedimentary rock is a rock type[1]. It draws 2,724 Wikipedia views per month (rock_type category, ranking #4 of 11).[2]

Key Facts

  • sedimentary rock's instance of is recorded as rock type[3].
  • sedimentary rock is a type of rock[4].
  • sedimentary rock is a type of sedimentary material[5].
  • sedimentary rock's Commons category is recorded as Sedimentary rocks[6].
  • sedimentary rock's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sedimentary rocks[7].
  • sedimentary rock's Commons gallery is recorded as Sedimentary rock[8].
  • sedimentary rock's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • sedimentary rock's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • sedimentary rock's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • sedimentary rock's different from is recorded as igneous rock[12].
  • sedimentary rock's different from is recorded as metamorphic rock[13].
  • sedimentary rock's studied by is recorded as sedimentology[14].
  • sedimentary rock's studied by is recorded as lithology[15].
  • sedimentary rock's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002016[16].
  • sedimentary rock's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].

Body

Definition and Type

sedimentary rock's instance of is recorded as rock type[3]. Recorded subclass of include rock[4] and sedimentary material[5].

Why It Matters

sedimentary rock draws 2,724 Wikipedia views per month (rock_type category, ranking #4 of 11).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . resource.geosciml.org. resource.geosciml.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by → sedimentology, lithology
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → rock, sedimentary material
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 14849, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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