Which type of drainage pattern is shown in Figure 24.4? Briefly describe the structural conditions that have created this pattern.

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Figure 24.4


The trellis drainage pattern is characteristic of dipping or folded topography, which exists in the nearly parallel Ridge and Valley Province of the eastern United States, where drainage patterns are influenced by rock structures of variable resistance and folded strata.

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A. the start of World War I. B. a decline in local supplies of wood. C. a decrease in coal prices. D. an increase in wood prices.

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