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Deforestation, an Uncommon card
Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 93
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 187
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 170,000
Power 187 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Deforestation quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Deforestation card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
About 31% of Earth's land ______ is covered by forests at present.
Answer
surface. About 31% of Earth's land surface is covered by forests at present. From the Deforestation article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Sicily. Sicily 940,000 · Coral reef 240,000 · Deforestation 170,000 · List of Texas hurricanes 110,000 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.
- Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use.
- About 31% of Earth's land surface is covered by forests at present.
- This is one-third less than the forest cover before the expansion of agriculture, with half of that loss occurring in the last century.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Deforestation article was read about 170,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 93 and blocks with 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Deforestation
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Deforestation (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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