The Great Basin deserts found in the western United States are primarily the result of being located ________.
A) in the subtropics
B) within the rain shadow of one or more mountain ranges
C) near the center of a large continent
D) next to a cold ocean current
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Q5: Deserts represent _ of the Earth's land
Q6: Isolated mountains that stick up above large
Q7: The petroglyph in the image below is
Q8: Many desert streams are ephemeral,meaning
A) they are
Q10: What is the main feature of atmospheric
Q11: To qualify as a desert,a region must
Q12: The highest recorded temperatures on the Earth
Q13: Continental interior deserts occur because
A) there are
Q14: Caliche and calcrete are terms for
A) economically
Q16: The Atacama Desert in Chile is a
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