What are terraces and what do they tell us about the past?
What will be an ideal response?
Terraces are step-and-bench landforms alongside and above a river channel. Soils on the terrace top lie on bedload deposits, revealing the presence of an ancient channel that was higher in elevation than its current position.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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A. source zone B. benthic zone C. transition zone D. floodplain zone E. profundal zone
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A) homeothermic B) warm-blooded C) poikilothermic D) endothermic