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1) Which of the following is characteristic of a desert stream? Desert streams l

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Question

1) Which of the following is characteristic of a desert stream?

Desert streams lack an expansive tributary system.

2) Which of the following desert features has sediment-size grading similar to that in a delta?

Desert streams typically transport water during the majority of the year. Desert streams do less erosional work than wind in deserts. The discharge of a desert stream always increases as it moves downstream. Most of the rainwater infiltrates to the underlying aquifer before reaching a desert stream.

Desert streams lack an expansive tributary system.

2) Which of the following desert features has sediment-size grading similar to that in a delta?

Playa lake Dune Alluvial fan Inselberg Playa

Explanation / Answer

1) Most of the rainwater infiltrates to the underlying aquifer before reaching a desert stream.

2) Dune