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Laacher See, an Uncommon card
Laacher See, also known as Lake Laach or Laach Lake, is a volcanic crater lake with a diameter of 2 km in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, about 24 km northwest of Koblenz, 37 km south of Bonn, and 8 km west of Andernach.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 48
- Power
- 111
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 20,000
Power 111 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Laacher See quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Laacher See card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ was followed by a caldera collapse, in which the lake formed.
Answer
eruption. The eruption was followed by a caldera collapse, in which the lake formed. From the Laacher See article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The lake was formed by a Plinian eruption approximately 13,000 years BP with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 6, similar to the Pinatubo eruption of ____.
Answer
1990s. The lake was formed by a Plinian eruption approximately 13,000 years BP with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 6, similar to the Pinatubo eruption of 1991. From the Laacher See article on Wikipedia.
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 in the Eifel mountain range, and is part of the East Eifel volcanic field within the larger Volcanic Eifel.
- The lake was formed by a Plinian eruption approximately 13,000 years BP with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 6, similar to the Pinatubo eruption of 1991.
- The eruption was followed by a caldera collapse, in which the lake formed.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Laacher See article was read about 20,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 48: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get Laacher See
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Laacher See (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Df1paw, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
