Exam 18: The Topography of Arid Lands

A bedrock surface resistant to erosion overlying a bedrock surface less resistant to erosion will help create mesa-and-scarp topography. The resistant bedrock surface is a ________.

One of the primary special characteristics of deserts is their ________.

Bornhardts are ________.

It seems likely that once "normal" rains come again, the desertification of the Sahel will cease.

Usually, much of the piedmont is underlain by an erosional bedrock surface called a ________.

Which should be the next word in the following series: plateau, mesa, butte, and ________?

Many of today's desert lakes are best described by which phrase?

Mesa-and-scarp topography is most closely associated with ________.

The wind rolling pebbles across the desert surface is an example of ________.

Ergs are ________.

In basin-and-range landscapes, loess tends to accumulate in the center of the basins.

Aeolian processes are so named for the Greek god of the winds.