Describe another setting in North America where an international border potentially complicates an important environmental issue
What will be an ideal response?
Fisheries along the coastlines; Arctic Plain (oil/caribou); oil drilling in Gulf of Mexico; flooding of Red River; Great Lakes water quality, etc.
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How much of Steelhead Drive (and the houses along it) were covered by the landslide?
The question is based on Figure 38-8, a digital elevation model showing the 2014 Oso, Washington, landslide along the North Fork Stillaguamish River, and color Map T-26b in the back of the Lab Manual, showing a portion of the “Mount Higgins, Washington” quadrangle (scale 1:24,000; contour interval 40 feet); this same topographic map is reproduced in black-and-white as Figure 38-14. What will be an ideal response?
Longitudinal dunes are _____
a. oriented parallel to the average wind direction b. a type of barchan dune c. a type of star dune d. crescent-shaped dunes with arms that point upwind e. only formed out of ice and snow
Which of the following is the standard unit of ocean depth?
A) Mile B) Fathom C) Foot D) Meter E) League
Karst landscapes are noteworthy because ________ are usually absent
A) chemical weathering processes B) caverns C) surface streams D) hills of any size E) limestone and dolomite