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Uncommon card · Nature
Deserts and xeric shrublands, an Uncommon card
Deserts and xeric shrublands are a biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 52
- DEF
- 40
- Power
- 92
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 55,000
Power 92 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Deserts and xeric shrublands quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Deserts and xeric shrublands card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Generally ______ exceeds rainfall in these ecoregions.
Answer
evaporation. Generally evaporation exceeds rainfall in these ecoregions. From the Deserts and xeric shrublands article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Enthalpy of vaporization. Enthalpy of vaporization 65 · Kashmir Valley 59 · Katabatic wind 56 · Deserts and xeric shrublands 52 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Katabatic wind. Katabatic wind 170,000 · Himalayan monal 97,000 · Kashmir Valley 74,000 · Deserts and xeric shrublands 55,000 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.
- Deserts and xeric shrublands form the largest terrestrial biome, covering 19% of Earth's land surface area.
- Ecoregions in this habitat type vary greatly in the amount of annual rainfall they receive, usually less than 250 millimetres annually except in the margins.
- Generally evaporation exceeds rainfall in these ecoregions.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Deserts and xeric shrublands article was read about 55,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 52 and blocks with 40: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Deserts and xeric shrublands
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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- DistaffUncommon · Science · ATK 50 DEF 42
- Frank LovejoyUncommon · Arts · ATK 58 DEF 34
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Deserts and xeric shrublands (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Zvarkove, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
