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USGS CMG InfoBank Geology School: subtropic


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Title	Comment	Keywords
Regions of Infrequent Precipitation	03:06 - 04:14 (01:08) / 1.4 MB	desert, landscape, Antarctica, polar, Alaska, sand, "Mojave Desert", precipitation, evaporation, "subtropical desert", Equator, humid, rainfall, "tropical rainforest", tropic, subtropic, arid
Rain Shadows	05:45 - 07:05 (01:20) / 1.8 MB	"Art Montana", desert, subtropic, "rain shadow", "Pacific Ocean", air, coast, mountain, cloud, rainfall, snow, "Sierra Nevada", California, "Mojave Desert", "United States", Gobi, Asia, "South America", Andes
Plate Tectonics	07:05 - 07:38 (00:33) / 0.6 MB	"Art Montana", desert, "plate tectonics", continent, polar, Equator, subtropic, Africa, Permian, "South Pole", "Kalihari Desert", glacier, time
Desert Origins	09:50 - 10:22 (00:32) / 0.5 MB	desert, subtropic, "equatorial air current", "rain shadow", land, "cold coastal current", "warm latitudes", polar
Prevention of Desertification	23:44 - 24:47 (01:03) / 1.6 MB	"Art Montana", desertification, "water conservation", groundwater, agriculture, deforesting, vegetation, subtropic, wind, topsoil, tree, Africa, pollution

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