How much of Steelhead Drive (and the houses along it) were covered by the landslide?
The question is based on Figure 38-8, a digital elevation model showing the 2014 Oso, Washington, landslide along the North Fork Stillaguamish River, and color Map T-26b in the back of the Lab Manual, showing a portion of the “Mount Higgins, Washington” quadrangle (scale 1:24,000; contour interval 40 feet); this same topographic map is reproduced in black-and-white as Figure 38-14.
What will be an ideal response?
Virtually all of it.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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