The climate type exemplified by Asia's Taklimankan Desert, Argentina's Patagonia, and areas of central Nevada is
A) tropical savanna.
B) subarctic cold winter.
C) midlatitude cold desert.
D) marine west coast.
E) humid subtropical hot-summer.
C
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cJudge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Ancient volcanic calderas are a
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A) good B) excellent C) average D) poor