What is the mostly likely setting for this drainage pattern?

A. The area has folded or faulted rocks with different resistances to erosion.
B. The rocks have a relatively equal resistance to erosion.
C. Drainages have followed a series of fractures that branch off of one another.
D. A volcano once existed here but has been partly eroded away.


Answer: A

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