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soil erosion

washing or blowing away of the top layer of soil
Thing denudation Q889503
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Summary

soil erosion is a denudation[1]. It draws 1,903 Wikipedia views per month (denudation category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: Q141740415[3]
  • Opposite of: soil retention[4]
  • Has cause: wind[5], precipitation[6], deforestation[7], intensive farming[8], water[9], ice[10], snow[11], plant[12], Animalia[13], human[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Soil erosion[15]
  • Has effect: biodiversity loss[16], migration[17], desertification[18]
  • Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000706[19]
  • Handled, mitigated, or managed by: revegetation[20], terrace[21], windbreak[22], crop rotation[23]
  • P14968: livermorium[24]

Why It Matters

soil erosion has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  17. [19] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 2d ago · Salgo60 · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → Q141740415
    P14968 → livermorium
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14968: Q1304, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/291594|batch #291594]]"
  2. 5d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 28
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'bn', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fr', 'ha', 'hsb', 'hu',
    Subclass of → Q141740415
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Subclass of: soil retrogression and degradation"
  3. 5w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → soil-erosion
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: soil-erosion, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289960189|soil erosion (#289960189)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003093-eroze-pudy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0003093-eroze-pudy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect → biodiversity loss, migration, desertification
    Opposite of → soil retention
    Handled, mitigated, or managed by → revegetation, terrace, windbreak +1
    Instance of → denudation
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007553399305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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