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| Only during or right after rain |
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Stream originates in a humid region, flows through a dry region
*Colorado River is an example |
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Stream originates in a humid region, flows through a dry region
*Colorado River is an example |
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| Internal Drainage(interior drainage) |
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-water flows to internal basins , does not reach the ocean
-A permanent lake in a basin of internal drainage will be saline
*Great Salt Lake |
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Dry desert lake
-may hold water occasionally
-flat surface, usually clay or silt
-Salt deposits |
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| A series of alluvial fans that have Coalesced along the foot of the moutains to form a gently sloping pain of sediments |
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| Broad and flat, surounded by scarp |
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| Lifting and removal of snad particles by wind |
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Crescent shaped, horns pointing downward
*constant wind, limited sand supply |
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Elongated transverse to wind direction
*plenty of sand, strong winds |
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Parallel to each other and the wind
*plentiful sand coming from two directions
*Most common in large deserts |
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Dune crests radiate away from the center
*plentiful sand
*Wind from multiple directions
* Fixed almost permanently
*tallest sands |
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1) Precipitation increases
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2) temperature decreases |
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| Zone not covered by ice sheet but influenced by it |
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| Densly paclked snow crystals, in the process of forming glacial ice |
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| loss of ice from a glacier by melting and sublimation |
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| above the line, a glacier is forming and below, ice is being lost |
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