dust storm

meteorological phenomenon common in arid and semi-arid regions
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dust storm
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dust storm

Summary

dust storm is a meteorological phenomenon[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of meteorological_phenomenon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (468 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • dust storm's image is recorded as Sandstorm in Al Asad, Iraq.jpg[3].
  • dust storm's instance of is recorded as meteorological phenomenon[4].
  • dust storm's subclass of is recorded as storm[5].
  • dust storm's subclass of is recorded as lithometeor[6].
  • dust storm's Commons category is recorded as Dust storms[7].
  • dust storm's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 60305[8].
  • dust storm's has part is recorded as sand[9].
  • dust storm's has part is recorded as dust[10].
  • dust storm's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ggdt[11].
  • dust storm's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph413824[12].
  • dust storm's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph413823[13].
  • dust storm's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dust storms[14].
  • dust storm's Commons gallery is recorded as Dust storm[15].
  • dust storm's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300054743[16].
  • dust storm's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10637505[17].
  • dust storm's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 510537[18].
  • dust storm's Iconclass notation is recorded as 26C33[19].
  • dust storm's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/dust-storm[20].
  • dust storm's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00029203n[21].
  • dust storm's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19618629[22].
  • dust storm's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as sandstorms[23].
  • dust storm's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as sandfokk[24].
  • dust storm's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25].
  • dust storm's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781449660[26].
  • dust storm's Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/5367[27].

Why It Matters

dust storm ranks in the top 8% of meteorological_phenomenon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (468 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Nat (WDU) · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of storm, lithometeor
    Has part(s) sand, dust
    Local thumb /static/img/dust-storm.jpg
    Instance of
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