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explosive eruption

volcanic eruption in which gas dissolved under pressure within magma violently froths into volcanic ash when pressure at the vent suddenly drops
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explosive eruption

Summary

explosive eruption ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (200 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • explosive eruption is a type of volcanic eruption[2].
  • explosive eruption's Commons category is recorded as Explosive eruptions[3].
  • explosive eruption is the opposite of effusive eruption[4].
  • explosive eruption's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Explosive eruptions[5].

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Definition and Type

explosive eruption is a type of volcanic eruption[2]. It is the opposite of effusive eruption[4].

Why It Matters

explosive eruption ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (200 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → volcanic eruption
    Opposite of → effusive eruption
    Exact match → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'lb', 'mk', 'nl', 'ru', '
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P2888]]: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000655"
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