GEOG 305 Exam 2- TAMU Prout Solution Manual Already Passed

GEOG 305 Exam 2- TAMU Prout Solution Manual Already Passed Physiography - Answers description of nature, of natural phenomena, or of a class of objects B - Answers dry climate BS - Answers steppe BW - Answers desert C - Answers mesothermal in all years CA - Answers mesothermal with occasional tropical years CD - Answers mesothermal with occasional microthermal years DC - Answers more than half microthermal years, occasional mesothermal years f - Answers precipitation adequate at all seasons w - Answers dry season in winter d - Answers with occasional dry years d' - Answers with occasional desert years Temperature - Answers correlate with latitude range of annual temperatures in texas - Answers 55 to 75 highest annual average temp is found - Answers Brownsville in the lower valley; Southernmost station in the state lowest annual average temp is found - Answers dalhart county in the northwest corner of the panhandle How is precipitation measured? - Answers radar or satellites Intermontane - Answers basin and plateaus most diverse province because of the topography and geologic complexity - Answers intermontane el paso - Answers big bend physiography of intermontane - Answers north to south running mountains and basins; complex geological phenomena intermontane climate - Answers dry climates and mixed vegetation depending on the elevation intermontane characteristics - Answers mountainous ecosystems desert ecosystems Stockton plateau salt basin sand hills "earth as a system" - Answers lithosphere atmosphere hydrosphere biosphere lithosphere - Answers innermost part of the earth atmosphere - Answers gaseous realm that surrounds other spheres hydrosphere - Answers realm of water which overlaps with the other spheres biosphere - Answers realm of life S curve line - Answers divides texas into two distinct sections approximates a historical continental margin - Answers s curve line s curve line represents which mountain range - Answers Ouachita Mountain Range intermontane physiographic traits - Answers guadalupe range big bend davis mountains upper rio grande valley Guadalupe range(far western part of the state) - Answers new mexico border highest point in texas - Answers guadlupe peak 8751 feet first real national park in texas - Answers big bend volcanic, McDonald observatory - Answers davis mountains trans pecos alt. name - Answers far west texas locating trans pecos - Answers everything west of the pecos river southern margin includes mexico but we refer to it as texas - Answers trans pecos panhandle - Answers north and west border Koppen B - Answers the western side is predominately dry koppen c - Answers found on the eastern side of the state mesothermal climate is one of sufficient precipitation with mid range temps which community relies on aquifers more - Answers western precent of municipal water that comes from aquifers - Answers 40 percent of aquifers used for agriculture - Answers 80 Ogallala Aquifer location - Answers the great plains south texas plains - Answers brush country small vegetation regions - Answers lost pines lost maples balcones escarpment - Answers boundary between the great plains and the coastal plains misnomer - Answers not physiographic units but could be a useful category great plains - Answers flat uplifted panhandle big bend location - Answers edge Guadalupe range location - Answers NM border davis mountains location - Answers middle upper (rio grande) valley - Answers el paso