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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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Rossby waves

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.

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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)

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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

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