If you were to examine the longitudinal profile of a typical river, you would probably find that the gradient is ________

A) steepest near the mouth
B) steepest near the headwaters
C) roughly the same at the mouth and the headwaters
D) steepest in the zone of transport


Answer: B

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Which of the features labeled on this figure is a terminal or recessional moraine?



A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

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A) 10,000 B) 100,000 C) 1 million D) 500 million E) 1 billion

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