It most commonly forms in clear, warm, shallow marine waters. It is usually an organic sedimentary rock that forms from the accumulation of shell, coral, algal, and fecal debris. It can also be a chemical sedimentary rock formed by the precipitation of calcium carbonate from lake or ocean water
<span>As water in the oceans cools down, it tends to Sink
b)Sink
Because when water becomes warm due to the heat of the sun it floats to the surface of the ocean and cool water is in the bottom</span>
The flow of the Chang Jiang is some 20 times greater than that of the
Huang He. As much of 40% of China's total grain production, 70% of rice
output, and more than 40% of the population are associated with the
Chang Jiang's vast basin that includes more than 3,000 tributaries. With
its numerous tributaries, the Chang Jiang drains nearly 20% of China's
total area. Its upper reaches tap the uplands of the Tibetan Plateau
before sweeping across the enormous and agriculturally productive
Sichuan Basin that supports nearly 10% of China's total population. It
is in the middle course of the Chang Jiang that the controversial Three
Gorges Dam is being constructed.
Answer:
Temperature, precipitation, latitude, elevation, nearby water, topography, vegetation, and prevailing winds.
Explanation:
Temperature, precipitation, latitude, elevation, nearby water, topography, vegetation, and prevailing winds are the factors that helps to know the climate of a region. Floods have a large social consequences because it cause great damage to human life as well as to property, destruction of crops, and livestock, it is also cause of waterborne diseases that damage the health of affected people.
