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    The document provides a study guide covering various topics related to physical geography and terrain modification. It lists key concepts and landforms within the topics of fluvial processes, solution processes and karst topography, topography of arid lands, glacial modification of terrain, and coastal processes and terrain. Specifically, it outlines drainage patterns, stream features and behavior, depositional landforms, karst features and topography, desert landforms and agents, glacial erosion and depositional landforms, and coastal forces, features, and long-term changes.

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    The document provides a study guide covering various topics related to physical geography and terrain modification. It lists key concepts and landforms within the topics of fluvial processes, solution processes and karst topography, topography of arid lands, glacial modification of terrain, and coastal processes and terrain. Specifically, it outlines drainage patterns, stream features and behavior, depositional landforms, karst features and topography, desert landforms and agents, glacial erosion and depositional landforms, and coastal forces, features, and long-term changes.

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    Final Exam SGsp09

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    The document provides a study guide covering various topics related to physical geography and terrain modification. It lists key concepts and landforms within the topics of fluvial processes, solution processes and karst topography, topography of arid lands, glacial modification of terrain, and coastal processes and terrain. Specifically, it outlines drainage patterns, stream features and behavior, depositional landforms, karst features and topography, desert landforms and agents, glacial erosion and depositional landforms, and coastal forces, features, and long-term changes.

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    Final Exam STUDY GUIDE

    FLUVIAL PROCESSES
    • drainage patterns
    • Stream flow characteristics
    • streams shaping valleys
    • depositional landforms and floodplains
    • stream rejuvenation
    • overland flow
    • quantity of water in a stream
    • deltas
    • stream load transportation
    • channel flow and shapes
    • stream order
    • transportation
    • stream channels

    SOLUTION PROCESSES AND KARST TOPOGRAPHY


    • topography due to solution
    • features in caverns
    • surface features of karst landscapes
    • Yellowstone National Park
    • hot springs and geysers
    • how underground water shapes topography
    • places famous for karst topography

    TOPOGRAPHY OF ARID LANDS


    • very sandy desert regions vs. regions lacking sand
    • piedmont landforms
    • aeolian transportation
    • deposits other than sand
    • mesa and scarp topography
    • water caused landforms
    • aeolian erosional features
    • dunes
    • agents of erosion
    • pluvial lakes
    • exotic rivers
    • alluvial fans
    • dry lake beds

    GLACIAL MODIFICATION OF TERRAIN


    • extent of Pleistocene glaciation
    • glacial erosion: processes and landforms
    • glacial depositional: processes and landforms
    • formation of ice in a glacier
    • erosive work of glaciers
    • alpine glacial landforms
    • ice sheets
    • the movement of a glaciers
    • transportation of rock load
    • parts of a glacier
    • indirect effects of Pleistocene glaciation
    • landforms left by continental glaciation
    • cycles within the Pleistocene

    COASTAL PROCESSES AND TERRAIN


    • types of waves
    • coastal depositional features
    • forces shaping coastal topography
    • types of coasts
    • how waves approach shore
    • types of spits
    • long-term changes in sea level.
    • characteristics of waves
    • tides
    • movement of beach sand
    • lagoons
    • parts of the beach
    • fjords and coral reefs

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