WikiCards
Play on iPhone nowFree in Safari. Add it to your Home Screen.Play
WikiCards · Card list · Nature cards · Junggar Basin
Common card · Nature
Junggar Basin, a Common card
The Junggar Basin, also known as the Dzungarian Basin or Zungarian Basin, is one of the largest sedimentary basins in Northwest China.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 91
- Power
- 162
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Power 162 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Junggar Basin quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Junggar Basin card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The geology of Junggar Basin mainly consists of ______ rocks underlain by igneous and metamorphic basement rocks.
Answer
sedimentary. The geology of Junggar Basin mainly consists of sedimentary rocks underlain by igneous and metamorphic basement rocks. From the Junggar Basin article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Danube. Danube 89 · Appalachian Mountains 83 · DNA polymerase 79 · Junggar Basin 71 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
DNA polymerase. DNA polymerase 44,000 · Cumbia 30,000 · Failaka Island 20,000 · Junggar Basin 13,000 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.
- It is located in Dzungaria in northern Xinjiang, and enclosed by the Tarbagatai Mountains of Kazakhstan in the northwest, the Altai Mountains of Mongolia in the northeast, and the Heavenly Mountains in the south.
- The geology of Junggar Basin mainly consists of sedimentary rocks underlain by igneous and metamorphic basement rocks.
- The basement of the basin was largely formed during the development of the Pangea supercontinent during complex tectonic events from Precambrian to late Paleozoic time.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Junggar Basin article was read about 13,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 91: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Junggar Basin
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.
More Nature cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Junggar Basin in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Joseph Freiherr von EichendorffCommon · Arts · ATK 75 DEF 87
- Aaron PeirsolCommon · Society · ATK 82 DEF 80
- Tim WellensCommon · Society · ATK 80 DEF 82
- Natural gas in UkraineCommon · Nature · ATK 77 DEF 85
- Equal pay for equal workCommon · Science · ATK 79 DEF 83
- Artem AnisimovCommon · Society · ATK 77 DEF 85
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Nature cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Junggar Basin (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Alexnlk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
