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tailings dam

earth-fill embankment dam used to store byproducts of mining operations
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tailings dam

Summary

tailings dam ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (154 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • tailings dam is a type of hydraulic structure[2].
  • tailings dam is a type of water reservoir[3].
  • tailings dam's Commons category is recorded as Tailings dams[4].
  • tailings dam's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tailings dams[5].
  • tailings dam's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as man_made=tailings_pond[6].
  • tailings dam's contains is recorded as tailings[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include hydraulic structure[2] and water reservoir[3].

Why It Matters

tailings dam ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (154 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_tailings-dam_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{tailings dam}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/tailings-dam}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 14d ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q21670
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Tailings dams
    Contains → tailings
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
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