How are sand grains transported by the wind?
A) by saltation as bed load in the first metre above the land surface
B) by deflation of abraded desert pavement
C) by being picked up in swirling dust devils and carried to distant blowouts
D) high in the moving air column as suspended load
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Q26: How is desert pavement formed?
A) Blowing wind
Q27: A _is formed by abrasion of rocks
Q28: In a dry, fault- originated, basin and
Q29: _dunes are linear sand ridges roughly parallel
Q30: A_ is a crescent- shaped dune whose
Q32: Assume that the central slip face of
Q33: A single, crescent- shaped_ dune is noted
Q34: Which type of dune resembles a transverse
Q35: A_ is closed depression in an arid
Q36: Wind transported bed load along the desert
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