Krummholz Can Be Useful to Physical Geographers Trying to Understand

question 55

Multiple Choice

Krummholz can be useful to physical geographers trying to understand the environment because

• A)they indicate that there is a soil water deficit where they exist.
• B)their branches reveal the prevailing wind direction.
• C)they are a useful indication that the biome is a temperate forest.
• D)they are almost always found atop sandstone-based parent material.

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