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Palo Duro Canyon, an Uncommon card
Palo Duro Canyon is a canyon system of the Caprock Escarpment located in the Texas Panhandle near the cities of Amarillo and Canyon.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 54
- Power
- 117
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 47,000
Power 117 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Palo Duro Canyon quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Palo Duro Canyon card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Its depth is around 800 ft, but in some locations, valley bottom to ______ hills increases to 1,000 ft.
Answer
surrounding. Its depth is around 800 ft, but in some locations, valley bottom to surrounding hills increases to 1,000 ft. From the Palo Duro Canyon article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
New Britain. New Britain 89,000 · Palo Duro Canyon 47,000 · Lycophyte 35,000 · Baudet du Poitou 22,000 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 eighth largest canyon system in the United States, it is roughly 45 mi long and has an average width of 6 mi, but reaches a width of 20 mi at places.
- Its depth is around 800 ft, but in some locations, valley bottom to surrounding hills increases to 1,000 ft.
- Palo Duro Canyon has been named "The Grand Canyon of Texas" both for its size and for its dramatic geological features, including the multicolored layers of rock and steep mesa walls, which are similar to those in the Grand Canyon.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Palo Duro Canyon article was read about 47,000 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 54: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Palo Duro Canyon
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Palo Duro Canyon (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Kimberly Vardeman from Lubbock, TX, USA, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
