Exam 18: The Topography of Arid Lands

Drainage channels in the dry mountains tend to be ________.

Like a mesa in its shape, but smaller in its extent, is the bajada.

Approximately ________ percent of the coterminous United States is covered by loess.

In deserts, a claypan is found on a ________.

The steeper leeward side of a sand dune is called a ________.

Sapping is an erosional process closely associated with ________.

In basin and range topography, the lowest areas are frequently occupied by a(n) ________.

Inselbergs are associated with ________ landscapes.

Of the states below, ________ has the greatest extent of interior drainage basins.

A dark, shiny coat of iron and manganese oxides on pebbles, stones, and larger outcrops is known as ________.

Death Valley is present because of faulting.

The seif is the most common type of sand dune in North American deserts.

The sandiest of all deserts is the ________ Desert.

Fluvial depositional features are common in desert regions.

Which of the following is NOT closely associated with basin-and-range topography?

In desert erosion, the most resistant layers sometimes protect underlying layers of lesser resistance and cliffs are formed. A resistant layer would also be referred to as ________.

Which of the following is NOT an area thickly covered with loess?

As loess erodes, it ________.

Many of today's loess deposits date from the time of the ________ glaciation.

Which of the following is NOT a type of desert landform?