Flooding and Desertification represent the extremes of water availability. Describe the physical conditions which force large numbers to relocate from these regions
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Intensive use of land causes people to relocate in search of water and vegetation for herds due to desertification. Flooding often drives people out because they are living in a floodplain and unaware or they return after the flooding subsides.
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A) have troughs that develop behind surface cold fronts. B) can have up to three troughs for every ridge, and vice versa. C) have little effect on divergence aloft. D) have little effect on surface pressure.
Carbon monoxide tightly binds to ________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The largest historic tsunami wave run-up ever recorded was caused by a massive rockfall into the water at ________.
A. Gibraltar B. Kilauea, Hawaii C. Crescent City, California D. Lituya Bay, Alaska E. Arica, Chile
Earth's diameter is ________ kilometers (miles)
A) 13 (8) B) 130 (79) C) 1,300 (780) D) 13,000 (7,930) E) 130,000 (79,300)