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glacier lake outburst flood

type of outburst flood that occurs when the dam containing a glacial lake fails
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Summary

glacier lake outburst flood ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,890 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: outburst flood[2]
  • Commons category: Glacial lake outburst floods[3]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Glacial lake outburst floods[4]
  • Different from: jökulhlaup[5]
  • P14541: 3JfA1I[6]
  • P14968: Guinea[7]

Why It Matters

glacier lake outburst flood has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . 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 ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'ja', 'ko', 'sv', 'tg', 'zh']
    P14968 → Guinea
    Sitelink count → 13
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14968: Q1006, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/291594|batch #291594]]"
  2. 5w ago · Wikihistorian · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Glacial lake outburst floods
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Topic's main category: Category:Glacial lake outburst floods"
  3. 7w ago · PaulNicolas · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Hubbard Glacier August 14.2002.jpg
    Different from → jökulhlaup
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Image: Hubbard Glacier August 14.2002.jpg"
  4. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3JfA1I
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 24w ago · Nat (WDU) · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → outburst flood
    Aliases → —
    Undrr-isc hazard information profile id → MH0607
    Subclass of → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/29431|batch #29431]]: UNDRR-ISC Hazard Information Profile ID for extreme weather events"
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