Chapter 15
What is a lahar
Mudflows of volcanic ash
Most of the earth's freshwater sources come in the form of these three items.
Glaciers, ice, and snow
Stream terraces along river valleys indicate.
Significant changes to the base level.
Eolian suspension is its primary transportation form.
Loess.
Most of the world's glacial ice is located in these two places.
Antarctica and Greenland.
What is a landslide?
A large, complex mass wasting event
This spring has a flow above the water table.
Artesian spring
Dragging, rolling, and sliding along a stream bed refers to.
Traction.
Dust storms carry _________ particles than sandstorms
Smaller
Icebergs are formed through
Accumulation.
What is debris?
Poorly sorted, unconsolidated Earth material
These two processes form most sinkholes.
Solution and collapse
Which river system has the largest annual flow?
The Amazon.
Most desert streams are
Ephemerical.
Abrasion platforms uplift
Marine terraces.
Solifluction is an example of what type of mass wasting?
Slow mass wasting.
Large withdrawals of subsurface water can cause.
Subsidence
Boundry between adjacent drainage basins.
Drainage divide.
These are occasionally flooded with water.
Playas.
Spring tide occurs during
New and full moon
What type of weathering occurs in a tropical rainforest?
Chemical weathering.
The Ogallala aquifer is important in this region in the United States.
The Great Plains.
Contributes water to a stream system.
Drainage basin.
List these from small to large.
Mesa, plateau, butte.
Butte, mesa, plateau
The North American Great Lakes is an example of
River valleys deepened by glacial erosion.