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Avulsion, a Common card
In sedimentary geology and fluvial geomorphology, avulsion is the process by which flow is diverted out of an established river channel and into a new course via a bifurcation, or splitting of the channel.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 39
- Power
- 96
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 14,000
Ranked #2,822 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Avulsion quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Avulsion card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of Accipitriformes species. List of Accipitriformes species 72 · Avulsion 57 · Araku Valley 53 · Republic Plaza 46 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Araku Valley. Araku Valley 50,000 · Bornite 27,000 · Bahrain Island 21,000 · Avulsion 14,000 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.
- Avulsions range from full, in which all flow is diverted from one channel to another, to partial, in which only a portion of flow is diverted.
- Avulsions were once thought to occur as a result of channel slopes that are much less steep than the slope that the river could follow if it took a new course, but it is now recognized that many factors, including upstream channel planform, channel cross-sectional geometry at a bifurcation, and channel obstructions such as wood or beaver dams can also influence the rate and progression of…
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Avulsion article was read about 14,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 57 and blocks with 39: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Avulsion
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Avulsion (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jesse Allen, University of Maryland’s Global Land Cover Facility, andLANDSAT 1, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
