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Alpine tundra, an Uncommon card
Alpine tundra is a type of natural region or biome that does not contain trees because it is at high elevation, with an associated harsh climate.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 55
- Power
- 119
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 58,000
Power 119 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Alpine tundra quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alpine tundra card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The high elevation causes an ______ climate, which is too cold and windy to support tree growth.
Answer
adverse. The high elevation causes an adverse climate, which is too cold and windy to support tree growth. From the Alpine tundra article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Carnivore. Carnivore 160,000 · Strait of Dover 100,000 · Alpine tundra 58,000 · Abscisic acid 19,000 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.
- As the latitude of a location approaches the poles, the threshold elevation for alpine tundra gets lower until it reaches sea level and merges with polar tundra.
- The high elevation causes an adverse climate, which is too cold and windy to support tree growth.
- Alpine tundra transitions to sub-alpine forests below the tree line, stunted forests occurring at the forest-tundra ecotone are known as krummholz.
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 tundra article was read about 58,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 55: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Alpine tundra
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alpine tundra (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Paulbalegend at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
