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mountaintop removal mining

form of surface mining that involves the mining of the summit or summit ridge of a mountain
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mountaintop removal mining

Summary

mountaintop removal mining ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (288 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • mountaintop removal mining took place at summit[2].
  • mountaintop removal mining is a type of surface mining[3].
  • mountaintop removal mining's Commons category is recorded as Mountaintop removal mining[4].
  • mountaintop removal mining comprises deforestation[5].
  • mountaintop removal mining began on 1960[6].
  • mountaintop removal mining's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mountaintop removal mining[7].
  • mountaintop removal mining's described by source is recorded as Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal & The Fight for Coalfield Justice[8].
  • mountaintop removal mining's described by source is recorded as Mountaintop Removal[9].
  • mountaintop removal mining's described by source is recorded as The Last Mountain[10].
  • mountaintop removal mining's present in work is recorded as Freedom[11].
  • mountaintop removal mining's present in work is recorded as Gray Mountain[12].
  • mountaintop removal mining's uses is recorded as explosive chemicals[13].
  • mountaintop removal mining's uses is recorded as excavator[14].
  • mountaintop removal mining's significant environmental impact is recorded as nutrient pollution[15].
  • mountaintop removal mining's significant place is recorded as Appalachian Mountains[16].

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Definition and Type

mountaintop removal mining is a type of surface mining[3].

Use and Application

mountaintop removal mining comprises deforestation[5].

Why It Matters

mountaintop removal mining ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (288 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Appalachian Mountains

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

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal & The Fight for Coalfield Justice, Mountaintop Removal, The Last Mountain
    Significant place → Appalachian Mountains
    Uses → explosive chemicals, excavator
    Uses → —
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007537467505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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