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How does a 3rd order stream form?
When two 2nd order streams meet
100
Is a spit depositional or erosional?
Depositional
100
How do you tell which hemisphere it is when looking at a climograph?
Looking at which months have higher/lower temperatures
100
Is a cirque erosional or depositional?
Erosional
100
What letter in he Koppen system represents dry?
B
200
Name 2 landforms characterized by shorelines of emergence.
Cliffs, marine terrace, sea-stacks, wave-cut platforms
200
What is the difference between a flow and slide?
Moisture, flow is wet.
200
The size of an alluvial fan is directly related to what?
The size of the drainage basin
200
What are the general temperature and precipitation characteristics of a tropical rainforest?
Hot, humid, wet
200
Why do lagoons fill up with sediment over time?
Stream deposition
300
What is the main factor that distinguishes biomes?
Vegetation.
300
How do ria coastlines form?
Submerged stream valley due to sea level rise
300
What climate classification is most closely associated with boreal forest?
D
300
Is a terminal moraine erosional or depositional
Depositional
300
How does an oxbow lake form?
Cutoff meander forms shorter path.
400
What is a basin of interior drainage?
Streams flow to bottom of basin, water evaporates and doesn't reach the ocean
400
Define a drainage divide
Area of normally high elevation that separates one drainage basin from another
400
Why are the basins of basin and range landscapes so flat?
Fills with alluvium and water evaporates.
400
A dry lake bed at the basin of a basin and range landscape is called what?
Playa
400
How does an alluvial fan differ from a bajada?
A bajada is joining (2 or more) alluvial fans
500
The island of Hawaii is an example of this type of largest volcano?
Shield volcano
500
What is it called when an oxbow lake dries up?
Meander scar
500
Define a bluff.
Landform characterized by relatively steep slope that marks the outer edge of a floodplain.
500
What is the definition of geomorphology?
Study of landforms and the processes that shape them
500
Alluvial fans, bajadas and pediment can all be found where?
Piedmont Zone
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