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Uncommon card · Science
Rain gauge, an Uncommon card
A rain gauge is an instrument used by meteorologists and hydrologists to gather and measure the amount of liquid precipitation in a predefined area, over a set period of time.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 126
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 53,000
Power 126 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is used to determine the depth of precipitation that occurs over a unit area and measure rainfall amount.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Rain gauge article was read about 53,000 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 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Rain gauge
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Rain gauge (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
