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Drylands, a Common card
Drylands are defined by a scarcity of water. Drylands are zones where precipitation is balanced by evaporation from surfaces and by evapotranspiration by plants.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 160
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 10,000
Power 160 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Drylands quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Drylands card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The UNCCD excludes hyper-arid zones from its ______ of drylands.
Answer
definition. The UNCCD excludes hyper-arid zones from its definition of drylands. From the Drylands article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
1824–25 United States House of Representatives elections. 1824–25 United States House of Representatives elections 93 · Pieter Coetze 78 · Drylands 74 · Cape Wrath 71 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Cape Wrath. Cape Wrath 23,000 · 1982 Atlantic hurricane season 14,000 · Drylands 10,000 · Budj Bim heritage areas 4,700 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.
- The United Nations Environment Program defines drylands as tropical and temperate areas with an aridity index of less than 0.65.
- Drylands can be classified into four sub-types: Dry sub-humid lands Semi-arid lands Arid lands Hyper-arid lands Some authorities regard hyper-arid lands as deserts although a number of the world's deserts include both hyper-arid and arid climate zones.
- The UNCCD excludes hyper-arid zones from its definition of drylands.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Drylands article was read about 10,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Drylands
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Drylands in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Pieter CoetzeCommon · Society · ATK 78 DEF 82
- Ryder HesjedalCommon · Society · ATK 79 DEF 81
- 1824–25 United States House of Representatives electionsCommon · History · ATK 93 DEF 67
- Hamid HassanCommon · Society · ATK 77 DEF 83
- Matt MooreCommon · Society · ATK 79 DEF 81
- Alan HodgkinCommon · History · ATK 73 DEF 87
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Drylands (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Nachosan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
