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Uncommon card · Nature
Alpine lake, an Uncommon card
An alpine lake is a high-altitude lake in a mountainous area, usually near or above the tree line, with extended periods of ice cover.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 92
- Power
- 169
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 32,000
Power 169 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Alpine lake quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alpine lake card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Opium. Opium 89 · Campylobacter jejuni 80 · Alpine lake 77 · Honey badger 74 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Cave hyena. Cave hyena 75,000 · Common toad 58,000 · Campylobacter jejuni 46,000 · Alpine lake 32,000 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.
- These lakes are commonly glacial lakes formed from glacial activity but can also be formed from geological processes such as volcanic activity or landslides.
- Many alpine lakes that are fed from glacial meltwater have the characteristic bright turquoise green color as a result of glacial flour, suspended minerals derived from a glacier scouring the bedrock.
- When active glaciers are not supplying water to the lake, such as a majority of Rocky Mountains alpine lakes in the United States, the lakes may still be bright blue due to the lack of algal growth resulting from cold temperatures, lack of nutrient run-off from surrounding land, and lack of sediment input.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alpine lake article was read about 32,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 92: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Alpine lake
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alpine lake (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Icelover95, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
