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snow cannon

Summary

snow cannon ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • snow cannon is a type of appliance[2].
  • snow cannon is a type of piste maintenance machine[3].
  • snow cannon is used for snowmaking[4].
  • snow cannon's Commons category is recorded as Snow cannons[5].
  • snow cannon's Commons gallery is recorded as Snow cannon[6].
  • snow cannon's product or material produced is recorded as artificial snow[7].
  • snow cannon's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as man_made=snow_cannon[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include appliance[2] and piste maintenance machine[3].

Use and Application

snow cannon is used for snowmaking[4].

Why It Matters

snow cannon ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). snow cannon. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/snow-cannon
MLA “snow cannon.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/snow-cannon.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_snow-cannon_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{snow cannon}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/snow-cannon}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 11d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → —
    Subclass of → appliance, piste maintenance machine
    Product → —
    Has use → snowmaking
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 21547, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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