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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Arid Landforms

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Arid Landforms. C.J. Cox. Arid Landforms. Found in BW Climates Non-retentive alkaline soils Sparse Vegetation Xerophytes Succulents Ephermals shallow root systems. Arid Landforms. Wind erosion & deposition Water erosion (most important in Arid Landforms

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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Arid Landforms

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  1. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHYArid Landforms C.J. Cox

  2. Arid Landforms • Found in BW Climates • Non-retentive alkaline soils • Sparse Vegetation • Xerophytes • Succulents • Ephermals • shallow root systems

  3. Arid Landforms • Wind erosion & deposition • Water erosion (most important in Arid Landforms • unprotected surface • seepage underground • intermittent rivers • exotic rivers • no ground water

  4. Landforms of Erosion Badlands Washes, Arroyos, Wadis Mesas Buttes Pinnacles Landforms of Deposition Bajada Playa Erg -sand dune landscapes Reg Hamada Arid Landforms

  5. Landforms of Erosion • Badlands • Washes, Arroyos, Wadis • Mesas • Buttes • Pinnacles

  6. Badlands

  7. Sculpture by an exotic river

  8. Mesa & Scarp Terrain

  9. Rock Pinnacles

  10. Rock Pedestals

  11. Landforms of Depostion • Bajada • Playa • Erg -sand dune landscapes • Reg

  12. Bajada

  13. Erg - Sand dune landscapes

  14. Reg - desert pavement

  15. Landforms of Erosion Badlands Washes, Arroyos, Wadis Mesas Buttes Pinnacles Landforms of Deposition Bajada Playa Erg -sand dune landscapes Reg Pediments Arid Landforms

  16. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHYArid Landforms C.J. Cox

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