define subtropical desert

Q: what is the biggest continent in the world

A: AISA: Being an extremely large landmass, Asia has 90 parallels of latitude running across it. As a r...

Q: Describe and explain the temperature and moisture characteristics of a maritime polar (mp) air mass

A: When the air gets the temperature and characteristics of the region which is associated with the hum...

Q: Of the three tidal patterns, which one is most common along the U.S. East Coast? The U.S. West Coast...

A: A region has a semi-diurnal tidal cycle where the two high, as well as the two low tides having almo...

Q: Sharecropping failed in the south because it depended on planting one cash crop. How do you think it...

A: Former slaves were searching for employment during the Civil War, and planters were looking for labo...

Q: Which of the following could be reasons why population sizes may reach and maintain plateaus? Select...

A: Eventually, all population's geometrical or exponential growth (fig1) is limited by food production,...

Q: Antarctic Intermediate Water can be identified throughout much of the South Atlantic based on its te...

A: Antarctic intermediate water (AIW) is the oceanic water present at depths between 500-1200 meters wi...

Q: Why is there a chain of earthquake epicenters cutting across Guatemala and continuing eastward south...

A: EARTHQUAKE: An earthquake may be a sudden shaking of the surface that always causes tons of injury. ...

Q: What is the importance of jointing and bedding planes to the underground structure of caverns?

A: CAVERNS: The mineral calcite is dissolved out of the rock by the acidic water and carried down into ...

Q: Specify the characteristics and coastal features that differentiate erosional and depositional shore...

A: Erosional shores: 1) These shores are  with minimum or no sedimentation. 2) They show high relief an...

Q: Compare the biological productivity of polar, middle latitude, and tropical oceans. Consider all fac...

A: The amount of energy or the organic matter fixed by all living biota types in a given period is know...

Q: If there is a net annual heat loss at high latitudes and a net annual heat gain at low latitudes, wh...

A: The Hight latitudes of the earth do not get much heat due to less radiation of sun rays. There is no...

Q: Describe the different components of stream load: dissolved load, suspended load, and bedload.

A: The stream load refers to the solid matter that is carried by a stream as the stream removes mineral...

Q: What were along the cost North of California

A: The coast North of California is famously known as the ‘Redwood Coast’ or ‘Redwood Empire.’ This par...