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    A Drainage System That Maintains Its Original Course and Pattern
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A Drainage System That Maintains Its Original Course and Pattern

Question 91

Question 91

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A drainage system that maintains its original course and pattern as it erodes into older underlying rock of a different geological structure is called a(n)


A) discordant stream.
B) deranged pattern.
C) superposed stream.
D) annular pattern.

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