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Aggradation, a Common card
Aggradation in geology is the increase in land elevation, typically in a river system, due to the deposition of sediment.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 43
- DEF
- 13
- Power
- 56
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,600
Power 56 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 5 % of WikiCards cards.
Aggradation quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Aggradation card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Typical ______ environments include lowland alluvial rivers, river deltas, and alluvial fans.
Answer
aggradational. Typical aggradational environments include lowland alluvial rivers, river deltas, and alluvial fans. From the Aggradation article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Aggradation. Aggradation 43 · Rhododendron subg. Azaleastrum 40 · Cirsonella gaudryi 36 · Betula kenaica 33 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Redesdale. Redesdale 7,200 · Aggradation 4,600 · Calligonum polygonoides 2,000 · Cirsonella gaudryi 85 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Aggradation occurs in areas in which the supply of sediment is greater than the amount of material that the system is able to transport.
- The mass balance between sediment being transported and sediment in the bed is described by the Exner equation.
- Typical aggradational environments include lowland alluvial rivers, river deltas, and alluvial fans.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Aggradation article was read about 4,600 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 43 and blocks with 13: each hit it takes is cut by 5 %.
How to get Aggradation
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Aggradation (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Fúlvio, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
