Pirate Streams ________

question 30

Multiple Choice

Pirate streams ________.

• A) consist of a series of intertwined channels that are overloaded with sediment
• B) have flowing water either episodically or during only a portion of the year
• C) have a channel that is highly sinuous (curvy)
• D) form when headward erosion causes one stream to intersect another

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