Precipitation in desert areas is almost always:
a. caused by cyclonic activity.
b. associated with the high sun season.
c. infrequent, unreliable, and intense.
d. caused by orographic lifting of cT air masses.
C
You might also like to view...
The time for an oscillating system to make a vibration is its
A. wavelength. B. amplitude. C. frequency. D. period.
Which of the following features is most related to erosion along a low-gradient stream?
A) Point bar B) Floodplain C) Levee D) None of these are correct.
Which of the features on this aerial photograph is an oxbow lake?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
The mountain building events of the west coast that began in the Jurassic and continued into the
Cenozoic are collectively called the a. Sonoma orogeny. d. Rocky Mountain orogeny. b. Antler orogeny. e. Alleghenian orogeny. c. Cordilleran orogeny.