19. Asystem of horsts and grabens characterizes the Aegean Coastal 20. How is Cy

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19. Asystem of horsts and grabens characterizes the Aegean Coastal 20. How is Cyprus related to the Taurus Mountains? t is geologic outlier of b. It was produced by the same plate collision from which the Taurus evolved. C. a and b d. None of the above. 21. Where is Cyprus' bread basket? a. In the limestone region to the north. b. In the granitic out crop to the south. c. In the sedimentary Mesaoria. 22. Mt. Damavand is the highest peak in the Middle East. a. True b. False 23. Mt. Damavand is located in the Zagros Mt. Chain. a. True b. False 24. The Bosporus and the Dardanelles are a. straits. b. located in Anatolia. c. a. and b d. None of the above. 25. The Pontus and the Elburz are examples of a. orogenic mountain chains. b. epeirogenic mountain chains. c. denuded granitic intrusions. d. None of the above. 26. Sea-floor spreading is still going on in the Red Sea. b. False a. True 27. The Caspian Sea is endoreic. b. False a. True 28. Tectonic activities are creating metallic minerals in the Red Sea. b. False a. True 29. The process by which winds create depression in the desert is called a. eolian erosion. b. differential erosion. c. deflation. d. corrosion.

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19. -- a--Aegean coastline (3,484 km) is very complex, since it is controlled by horst and graben structures or faults. It is in Turkey.

20. -- C

21. -- c The central plain called Mesaoria has long served as the island's granary.  

22. -- a --The highest peak in the Middle East at 18,406 feet above sea level is Mount Damav in Iran. it's origin is thought to be volcanic.

23. -- b --   It is located in the Alborz mountain range.

24. -- C.

25. -- a.

26. -- a -- still going on at a rate of 30 mm/year.

27. -- a -- Endorheic basin is a closed drainage basin that retains water and Caspian is is one of the world's largest endorheic basin.

28. -- a -- As the sea floor of red sea is still spreading, the hydrothermal fluid activity is giving rise to the formation of metalliferous sediments on the flanks of ridge. (http://www.angelfire.com/sc3/farooqs/notes/m7-1-4.htm)

29. -- c -- Deflation is a form of eolian erosion, it is the main reason of blowing off of loose sand and creation of depressions in desert areas somtimes even exposing aquifers and giving rise to the formation of oasis.

     

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