Explain briefly why upper-level winds at middle latitudes in the northern hemisphere blow from west to east. In what direction do upper-level winds at middle latitudes in the southern hemisphere blow?
What will be an ideal response?
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Globalization in the form of the new production of irrigated cash crops brought this change to the rural Sudanese village studied by geographer Cindi Katz
A) Children were required to attend school. B) Subsistence crops were no longer grown. C) The traditional roles and activities of boys and girls changed. D) Wal-Mart
The combined length of all of the stream channels in a basin, divided by the area of the drainage basin, is the
A) drainage density. B) slope. C) isostatic adjustment. D) discharge.
Which of these characteristics would increase surface runoff?
a. more permeable soils b. shallower slopes c. thicker soils d. less vegetation e. larger infiltration capacities
The pressure gradient force drives air from areas of higher pressure to areas of lower pressure
Indicate whether the statement is true or false