avalanche

sudden, drastic flow of snow down a steep slope
Event geographically_localized_event Q7935
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avalanche

Summary

avalanche is a geographically localized event[1]. avalanche draws 2,539 Wikipedia views per month (geographically_localized_event category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • avalanche's instance of is recorded as geographically localized event[3].
  • avalanche is a type of slide[4].
  • avalanche's Commons category is recorded as Avalanches[5].
  • avalanche's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Avalanches[6].
  • avalanche's Commons gallery is recorded as Avalanche[7].
  • avalanche's facet of is recorded as snow[8].
  • avalanche's facet of is recorded as gravity[9].
  • avalanche's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • avalanche's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • avalanche's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • avalanche's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[13].
  • avalanche's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14].
  • avalanche's has effect is recorded as avalanche blast[15].
  • avalanche's different from is recorded as Avalanche[16].
  • avalanche's has list is recorded as list of avalanches[17].
  • avalanche's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000691[18].
  • avalanche's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].

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Context

avalanche's instance of is recorded as geographically localized event[3].

Outcome and Impact

Things named for avalanche include Colorado Avalanche[20], an ice hockey team[21], in United States[22], founded in 1995[23] and avalanche effect[24].

Why It Matters

avalanche draws 2,539 Wikipedia views per month (geographically_localized_event category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] avalanche has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] avalanche is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Entities named for avalanche include Colorado Avalanche[20], an ice hockey team[21], in United States[22], founded in 1995[23] and avalanche effect[24].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Subclass of slide
    Different from Avalanche
    Has effect avalanche blast
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1335, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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