shoal
natural submerged sandbank that rises from a body of water to near the surface
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Summary
shoal ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,335 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: landform[2], island[3], shallow[4]
- Commons category: Shoals[5]
- Said to be the same as: Char (River Island)[6]
- Topic's main category: Category:Shoals[7]
- Facet of: coastal geography[8], physical oceanography[9]
- OpenStreetMap tag: natural=shoal[10]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12]
- Different from: Sandbank[13]
- Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/09421951-n[14]
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Influence
Things named for shoal include Yubu Island[15], an island[16], in Japan[17] and Zapruđe[18], a local board in Zagreb[19], in Croatia[20].
Why It Matters
shoal has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] shoal is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]
Entities named for shoal include Yubu Island[15], an island[16], in Japan[17] and Zapruđe[18], a local board in Zagreb[19], in Croatia[20].