What is NOT true about the special conditions of arid lands?

A. Mechanical weathering is dominant.
B. Soil and regolith is thin or absent.
C. Rainfall occurs as intense thunderstorms.
D. Streams are almost all ephemeral.
E. Desert landforms are only shaped by wind.


E

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