The extremely low surface temperatures in the Antarctic in July (Southern Hemisphere winter) clearly demonstrate the influence of _______.
A - ocean currents
B - aphelion
C - lapse rates
D - adiabatic cooling
E - greater cooling of land than water
E - greater cooling of land than water
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A) dendritic pattern B) rill C) radial D) alluvial fan E) interfluve
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The monsoon winds in summer:
a. move from the oceans over the land. b. occur only on middle latitude west coasts. c. flow from land toward the oceans. d. are a main feature of the world-wide zonal pattern of circulation.
The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) is a reasonably distinct pattern of alternating times ________.
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