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Uncommon card · Nature
Gila River, an Uncommon card
The Gila River is a 649-mile-long tributary of the Colorado River flowing through New Mexico and Arizona in the United States.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 56
- Power
- 122
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 45,000
Power 122 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Gila River quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gila River card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
European Americans did not permanently settle the Gila River ______ until the mid-19th century.
Answer
watershed. European Americans did not permanently settle the Gila River watershed until the mid-19th century. From the Gila River article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Common quail. Common quail 89,000 · Draco 59,000 · Gila River 45,000 · Geology of the Appalachians 33,000 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.
- The river drains an arid watershed of nearly 60,000 square miles that lies mostly within the U.S., but also extends into northern Sonora, Mexico.
- Indigenous peoples have lived along the river for at least 2,000 years, establishing complex agricultural societies before European exploration of the region began in the 16th century.
- European Americans did not permanently settle the Gila River watershed until the mid-19th 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 Gila River article was read about 45,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 56: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Gila River
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gila River (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : BLM, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
