When cold, dense air accumulates in a high valley, plateau, or snowfield within a mountains area, and flows strongly down slopes to pour out onto the land below, these winds are called ____
a. land breeze
b. katabatic (or drainage) winds
c. Santa Ana winds
d. chinook (or foehn) winds
e. valley breeze
b
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equinoxes. These factors cause variation in the distribution of solar heat at any latitude through time and can influence climate.
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A. hydrogen ions B. silica C. limonite D. galena E. calcium, sodium, or potassium ions
________ is (are) associated with permafrost.
A. Avalanches B. Solifluction C. Thixotropy D. Quicksands E. Expansive clays
Advanced decisions about how land will be used
a. geographic information system b. urbanization c. land-use planning d. urbanization