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Desert Landforms …

Desert Landforms …. … it is not all barchans or sand dunes. Or all flat stoney ground. Like it is here in Death Valley California. There can be deep canyons like this.

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Desert Landforms …

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  1. Desert Landforms … … it is not all barchans or sand dunes

  2. Or all flat stoney ground Like it is here in Death Valley California.

  3. There can be deep canyons like this.

  4. This Badwater alluvial fan in Death Valley. Flash flooding sends rivers down the canyons and they deposit gravels as they enter the low ground.

  5. In the distance is a desert plateau

  6. After heavy rains flash floods occur. These erode and dissect the plateau. They cut off separate flat topped hills. The flat topped hills are called mesas – Spanish for ‘table’.

  7. This is a worn down mesa – called a butte.

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