Why Does the Landform Portion of Your Textbook Concentrate on Process

question 30

Essay

Why does the landform portion of your textbook concentrate on process more than geographic distribution?

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Definitions:

State Attorneys General

Chief legal officers of their respective states, responsible for representing the public interest and enforcing the law.

Consumer Protection

Laws and measures designed to safeguard buyers of goods and services against unfair practices in the marketplace.

Point Source Pollution

Pollution that originates from a single, identifiable source or location, such as a pipe, ditch, ship, or factory smokestack.

Nonpoint Source Pollution

Pollution that does not originate from a single, identifiable source, but rather comes from many diffuse sources, such as agricultural runoff or automobile exhaust.