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Physical Geography Quiz Chapters 13-17

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Chapter 13: Water Resources and Karst Landforms
 

 1. 

      What is a perched water table, and what precautions need to be taken to use water found in one?
 

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Chapter 14: Fluvial Processes and Landforms

Explain in detail all the changes that would occur in a stream if its base level first rose for a considerable length of time, and then permanently fell.
 

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Chapter 15: Arid Region Landforms and Eolian Processes
Name and describe three different types of sand dunes, emphasizing differences in their form and conditions under which they are created.
 

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Chapter 16: Glacial Systems and Landforms

How are lakes related to glaciers?
 

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Chapter 17: Coastal Processes and Landforms

      Explain how a wind wave is formed out in the open ocean, what controls its size, and what changes it undergoes as it approaches a shoreline.
 



 
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