Dam failure

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Dam failure

Quality:

Dam failure - catastrophic failure of dam barrier by uncontrolled release of water. Article “Dam failure” in English Wikipedia has 58 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 55 references and 7 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2026 the article “Dam failure” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Dam failure”, its content was written by 223 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 483 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 296 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2372 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #6626 in June 2023
  • Global: #10349 in June 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #23948 in February 2017
  • Global: #42009 in February 2017

There are 15 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Dam failure
57.9913
2Chinese (zh)
水壩潰決
52.1795
3Spanish (es)
Rotura de presa
30.7109
4German (de)
Dammbruch
24.0466
5Ukrainian (uk)
Руйнування греблі
20.5351
6French (fr)
Rupture de barrage
19.3486
7Arabic (ar)
تحطم السدود
18.8168
8Romanian (ro)
Rupere a barajului
17.7384
9Indonesian (id)
Kebobolan bendungan
17.1856
10Vietnamese (vi)
Vỡ đập
14.1587
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Dam failure" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Dam failure
1 815 715
2French (fr)
Rupture de barrage
235 571
3German (de)
Dammbruch
173 494
4Spanish (es)
Rotura de presa
170 105
5Chinese (zh)
水壩潰決
110 314
6Czech (cs)
Selhání přehrad
36 426
7Thai (th)
การวิบัติของเขื่อน
30 040
8Lithuanian (lt)
Užtvankos griūtis
5 185
9Vietnamese (vi)
Vỡ đập
2 867
10Indonesian (id)
Kebobolan bendungan
2 740
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Dam failure" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Dam failure
5 413
2French (fr)
Rupture de barrage
777
3German (de)
Dammbruch
622
4Chinese (zh)
水壩潰決
532
5Spanish (es)
Rotura de presa
216
6Romanian (ro)
Rupere a barajului
113
7Czech (cs)
Selhání přehrad
70
8Dutch (nl)
Dambreuk
28
9Indonesian (id)
Kebobolan bendungan
19
10Ukrainian (uk)
Руйнування греблі
17
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Dam failure" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Dam failure
223
2French (fr)
Rupture de barrage
68
3German (de)
Dammbruch
62
4Spanish (es)
Rotura de presa
37
5Chinese (zh)
水壩潰決
31
6Czech (cs)
Selhání přehrad
21
7Thai (th)
การวิบัติของเขื่อน
9
8Vietnamese (vi)
Vỡ đập
7
9Indonesian (id)
Kebobolan bendungan
6
10Ukrainian (uk)
Руйнування греблі
6
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Dam failure" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Dam failure
2
2French (fr)
Rupture de barrage
1
3Romanian (ro)
Rupere a barajului
1
4Arabic (ar)
تحطم السدود
0
5Belarusian (be)
Разбурэнне дамбы
0
6Czech (cs)
Selhání přehrad
0
7German (de)
Dammbruch
0
8Spanish (es)
Rotura de presa
0
9Indonesian (id)
Kebobolan bendungan
0
10Lithuanian (lt)
Užtvankos griūtis
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Dam failure" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1French (fr)
Rupture de barrage
1 698
2English (en)
Dam failure
296
3German (de)
Dammbruch
146
4Chinese (zh)
水壩潰決
73
5Arabic (ar)
تحطم السدود
49
6Romanian (ro)
Rupere a barajului
46
7Spanish (es)
Rotura de presa
26
8Indonesian (id)
Kebobolan bendungan
6
9Ukrainian (uk)
Руйнування греблі
6
10Czech (cs)
Selhání přehrad
5
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
تحطم السدود
beBelarusian
Разбурэнне дамбы
csCzech
Selhání přehrad
deGerman
Dammbruch
enEnglish
Dam failure
esSpanish
Rotura de presa
frFrench
Rupture de barrage
idIndonesian
Kebobolan bendungan
ltLithuanian
Užtvankos griūtis
nlDutch
Dambreuk
roRomanian
Rupere a barajului
thThai
การวิบัติของเขื่อน
ukUkrainian
Руйнування греблі
viVietnamese
Vỡ đập
zhChinese
水壩潰決

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#23948
02.2017
Global:
#42009
02.2017

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#6626
06.2023
Global:
#10349
06.2023

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Dam failure from Wikipedia articles about St. Francis Dam, Dam, Vega de Tera disaster, Lists of disasters and Malpasset Dam. Whereas reading the article about Dam failure people most often go to Wikipedia articles on 1975 Banqiao Dam failure, Teton Dam, Vega de Tera disaster, Vajont Dam and 2023 Derna floods.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

News from 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Julián Quiñones, List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers, Kylian Mbappé, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Erling Haaland, DR Congo national football team, Melat Kiros, FIFA World Cup.

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