pyroclastic flow

fast-moving concentrated current of hot gas and volcanic matter that moves away from a volcano
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pyroclastic flow

Summary

pyroclastic flow ranks in the top 0.88% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,390 views/month, #685 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • pyroclastic flow's image is recorded as MSH80 eruption mount st helens 05-18-80-dramatic-edit.jpg[2].
  • pyroclastic flow's image is recorded as Pyroclastic flows at Mayon Volcano-2010-20-08.jpg[3].
  • pyroclastic flow's subclass of is recorded as pyroclastic density current[4].
  • pyroclastic flow's subclass of is recorded as ash cloud[5].
  • pyroclastic flow's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00577158[6].
  • pyroclastic flow's Commons category is recorded as Pyroclastic flows[7].
  • pyroclastic flow's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01d9hd[8].
  • pyroclastic flow's Commons gallery is recorded as Pyroclastic flow[9].
  • pyroclastic flow's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/pyroclastic-flow[10].
  • pyroclastic flow's different from is recorded as pyroclastic surge[11].
  • pyroclastic flow's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 3140716[12].
  • pyroclastic flow's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as pyroclastic-flows[13].
  • pyroclastic flow's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as pyroklastisk_strøm[14].
  • pyroclastic flow's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 138484[15].
  • pyroclastic flow's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 火砕流[16].
  • pyroclastic flow's A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation entry ID is recorded as 6541[17].

Why It Matters

pyroclastic flow ranks in the top 0.88% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,390 views/month, #685 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Glossary of Geology. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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