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Where Do Deserts Form?
What are the Characteristics of Deserts?
How Does Wind Erode and Transport Sediment?
What Features Result from Wind Deposition?
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Global Air Circulation
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Figure 17.2
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World Distribution of Deserts
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Figure 17.3
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Rain Shadow Causes Deserts on the
Downwind Side of Mountain Ranges
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Figure 17.4
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Erosional Retreat of a Cliff
at the Edge of a Plateau
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Figure 17.7a
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Steplike Moncline Folds Often Erode
So that Resistant Rock Layers Form
Hogbacks and Cuestas
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Figure 17.8
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Development of Landforms Associated
with Basin and Range Topography
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Figure 17.10
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Answers to Selected
Testing Your Knowledge
Questions
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7. C
16. B
8. E
17. D
9. D
10. B
11. C
12. A
13. A
14. E
15. A, B, C
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