Thinking Spatially

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This Thinking Spatially exercise is designed to provide you with experience in the interpretation of maps and diagrams in order to better understand the spatial patterns in Earth's physical systems.

This activity contains 2 questions.

Identify these features of a meandering stream.

The letters A through C appear on an image associated with this question.

This question presents 3 items numbered 1.1 through 1.3. Each item is presented with a pulldown menu containing the letters A through C. For each item below, use the pull-down menu to select the letter that labels the correct part of the image.

1.1 Which illustration depicts an oxbow swamp?
1.2 Identify the oxbow lake.
1.3 Identify a meander scar.

Indentify the typical landforms in a floodplain.

The letters A through F appear on an image associated with this question.

This question presents 6 items numbered 2.1 through 2.6. Each item is presented with a pulldown menu containing the letters A through F. For each item below, use the pull-down menu to select the letter that labels the correct part of the image.

2.1 oxbow lake
2.2 alluvium
2.3 backswamp
2.4 yazoo stream
2.5 location of expected erosion
2.6 natural levee

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