o klippe 1 pts Question 8 Using Google Maps e or Google Earth e. go to the follo

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o klippe 1 pts Question 8 Using Google Maps e or Google Earth e. go to the following location: 36°12 27.7"N 11646'11.1'w Make sure that you are in satellite view. This is a depositional feature that commonly occurs in arid settings, where there is an abrupt change in stream/valley gradient. What is the name of this feature? O inselberg O alluvial farn O playa lake O butte Question 9 1 pts Using Google Maps e or Google Earth e,go to the following location: 33 55 03.6"N 115 32'05.0 W Make sure that you are in satellite view. This location is an area where the depositional features in the previous question have coalesced along a mountain front to form a larger, compound feature. What is this feature called? bajada roche moutonnée ?dune Question 10 1 pts

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Answer 8 : Alluvial fan

Explanation : Due to an abrupt change in the stream /valley gradient, it drops the coarse grained materials towards the apex with successively fine sand and silt towards the base forming a fan shape in plan view which is known as alluvial fan.

Answer 9 : Bajada

Explanation : in arid and semi arid regions, several alluvial fans converge/coalesce together along a mountain front to form a bajada.

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