Describe five common drainage patterns and the conditions that typically form them
What will be an ideal response?
The seven common patterns (students can choose any five) are:
dendritic: most familiar and also very efficient.
trellis: characteristic of dipping or folded topography.
radial: when streams flow off a central peak or dome
parallel: steep slopes
rectangular: faulted and jointed landscapes
annular: structural domes with concentric patterns of rock strata
deranged: glaciated shield regions
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