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well-stimulation technique in which rock is fractured by a hydraulically pressurized liquid
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hydraulic fracturing

Summary

hydraulic fracturing ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,865 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • hydraulic fracturing is a type of process[2].
  • hydraulic fracturing's Commons category is recorded as Hydraulic fracturing[3].
  • hydraulic fracturing comprises guar gum[4].
  • hydraulic fracturing comprises retrieved[5].
  • hydraulic fracturing comprises title[6].
  • hydraulic fracturing's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1947[7].
  • hydraulic fracturing's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hydraulic fracturing[8].
  • hydraulic fracturing's described by source is recorded as Mala hirnycha encyclopædia[9].
  • hydraulic fracturing's described by source is recorded as Red Blue Translator[10].
  • hydraulic fracturing's topic has template is recorded as Template:Hydraulic fracturing[11].
  • hydraulic fracturing's has effect is recorded as environmental degradation[12].
  • hydraulic fracturing's has effect is recorded as groundwater pollution[13].
  • hydraulic fracturing's hashtag is recorded as fracking[14].
  • hydraulic fracturing's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[15].

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Definition and Type

hydraulic fracturing is a type of process[2].

Use and Application

Components include guar gum[4], a group or class of chemical entities[16]; retrieved[5]; and title[6].

Why It Matters

hydraulic fracturing ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,865 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . e-plus.media. e-plus.media. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . westernenergyalliance.org. westernenergyalliance.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Climate change
    Subclass of → process
    Topic's main category → Category:Hydraulic fracturing
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 27289, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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