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Coastal management, a Common card
Coastal management is defence against flooding and erosion, and techniques that stop erosion to claim lands.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 76
- Power
- 154
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,100
Power 154 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Coastal management quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Coastal management card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Coastal zones occupy less than 15% of the Earth's land area, while they host more than 40% of the world ______.
Answer
population. Coastal zones occupy less than 15% of the Earth's land area, while they host more than 40% of the world population. From the Coastal management article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Viral video. Viral video 1,500,000 · PZ Myers 21,000 · Coastal management 9,100 · Eugenio Espejo 4,200 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.
- Protection against rising sea levels in the 21st century is crucial, as sea level rise accelerates due to climate change.
- Changes in sea level damage beaches and coastal systems are expected to rise at an increasing rate throughout the century, causing coastal sediments to be disturbed by tidal energy.
- Coastal zones occupy less than 15% of the Earth's land area, while they host more than 40% of the world population.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Coastal management article was read about 9,100 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 76: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Coastal management
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, Coastal management (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Donar Reiskoffer, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
