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turbidity current

underwater current of usually rapidly moving, sediment-laden water moving down a slope
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turbidity current

Summary

turbidity current ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (156 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • turbidity current is a type of fluid flow[2].
  • turbidity current's Commons category is recorded as Turbidity currents[3].
  • turbidity current's has effect is recorded as turbidite[4].
  • turbidity current's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[5].

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Definition and Type

turbidity current is a type of fluid flow[2].

Why It Matters

turbidity current ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (156 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect → turbidite
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Fluid dynamics
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → fluid flow
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007556043305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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