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Collmarie

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Based on its stair-step pattern of landform assemblage, the Grand Canyon is an example of what type of desert terrain?
 
  A. erg
  B. basin-and-range
  C. hamada
  D. playa
  E. mesa-and-scarp

Question 2

What landform usually forms in the lowest portions of a basin between two ranges?
 
  A. alluvial fans
  B. piedmont
  C. scarp
  D. playa
  E. bajada



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Answer to Question 1

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