Dead zone (ecology)

Dead zone - low-oxygen areas in oceans and large lakes caused by nutrient and fertilizer pollution. Article "Dead zone (ecology)" in Simple English Wikipedia has 13.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

Since the creation of article "Dead zone (ecology)", its content was written by 2 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 574 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1450 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #3039 in July 2023
• Global: #9714 in April 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #50288 in November 2024
• Global: #49881 in May 2010

There are 14 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, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

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

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Dead zone (ecology)		92.0544
2	Polish (pl) Strefy martwych wód		49.1683
3	Turkish (tr) Ölü bölge (ekoloji)		43.9708
4	Russian (ru) Мёртвая зона (экология)		40.8913
5	French (fr) Zone morte		36.3577
6	German (de) Umkippen		36.1377
7	Spanish (es) Zona muerta		29.9884
8	Persian (fa) پهنه مرده (بوم‌شناسی)		26.2104
9	Danish (da) Død zone		23.99
10	Catalan (ca) Zona morta (ecologia)		20.7263

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Dead zone (ecology)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Dead zone (ecology)		2 331 001
2	German (de) Umkippen		371 145
3	French (fr) Zone morte		237 042
4	Polish (pl) Strefy martwych wód		48 897
5	Spanish (es) Zona muerta		41 883
6	Japanese (ja) デッドゾーン (エコロジー)		17 476
7	Russian (ru) Мёртвая зона (экология)		7 358
8	Turkish (tr) Ölü bölge (ekoloji)		5 541
9	Arabic (ar) المناطق الميتة		5 356
10	Persian (fa) پهنه مرده (بوم‌شناسی)		4 250

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Dead zone (ecology)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Dead zone (ecology)		7 011
2	German (de) Umkippen		567
3	French (fr) Zone morte		506
4	Russian (ru) Мёртвая зона (экология)		336
5	Japanese (ja) デッドゾーン (エコロジー)		214
6	Polish (pl) Strefy martwych wód		186
7	Spanish (es) Zona muerta		124
8	Turkish (tr) Ölü bölge (ekoloji)		43
9	Persian (fa) پهنه مرده (بوم‌شناسی)		33
10	Danish (da) Død zone		31

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Dead zone (ecology)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Dead zone (ecology)		320
2	French (fr) Zone morte		101
3	German (de) Umkippen		86
4	Polish (pl) Strefy martwych wód		14
5	Spanish (es) Zona muerta		12
6	Danish (da) Død zone		10
7	Turkish (tr) Ölü bölge (ekoloji)		10
8	Persian (fa) پهنه مرده (بوم‌شناسی)		7
9	Arabic (ar) المناطق الميتة		6
10	Catalan (ca) Zona morta (ecologia)		2

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Dead zone (ecology)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Umkippen		1
2	Arabic (ar) المناطق الميتة		0
3	Catalan (ca) Zona morta (ecologia)		0
4	Danish (da) Død zone		0
5	English (en) Dead zone (ecology)		0
6	Spanish (es) Zona muerta		0
7	Persian (fa) پهنه مرده (بوم‌شناسی)		0
8	French (fr) Zone morte		0
9	Indonesian (id) Zona kematian (ekologi)		0
10	Japanese (ja) デッドゾーン (エコロジー)		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Dead zone (ecology)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Dead zone (ecology)		468
2	French (fr) Zone morte		407
3	Japanese (ja) デッドゾーン (エコロジー)		143
4	Persian (fa) پهنه مرده (بوم‌شناسی)		116
5	Arabic (ar) المناطق الميتة		107
6	German (de) Umkippen		64
7	Russian (ru) Мёртвая зона (экология)		58
8	Turkish (tr) Ölü bölge (ekoloji)		27
9	Danish (da) Død zone		21
10	Spanish (es) Zona muerta		18

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic المناطق الميتة
ca	Catalan Zona morta (ecologia)
da	Danish Død zone
de	German Umkippen
en	English Dead zone (ecology)
es	Spanish Zona muerta
fa	Persian پهنه مرده (بوم‌شناسی)
fr	French Zone morte
id	Indonesian Zona kematian (ekologi)
ja	Japanese デッドゾーン (エコロジー)
pl	Polish Strefy martwych wód
ru	Russian Мёртвая зона (экология)
simple	Simple English Dead zone (ecology)
tr	Turkish Ölü bölge (ekoloji)

Best Rank

Simple English: #50288 11.2024

Global: #49881 05.2010

Best Rank

Simple English: #3039 07.2023

Global: #9714 04.2004

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