Desert Landforms |
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DESERT ENVIRONMENTS | 1 |
ROCK WEATHERING IN DESERTS | 20 |
DESERT HILLSLOPES | 39 |
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aggradation alluvial fans alluvium angle arid badlands barkhans basins boulders calcrete caprock catchment central Australia channels clay climatic commonly crests crusts Death Valley debris flows debris slopes deflation deposition depressions desert varnish discharge downwind drainage dunefields dunes duricrust erosion escarpment example extensive flood forms Geogr geomorphic geomorphology gilgai gradients grains granite gravel groundwater gullies hamada hillslopes humid increase indicated kmē Lake Eyre landforms layer limestone longitudinal dunes lower lowlands lunettes Mabbutt mantle margins metres Nahal Yael occur pavements pediment periglacial piedmont plains planation platform deserts playa floor Pleistocene processes profiles rainfall range regime regions relatively relief ridges River rock runoff Sahara saline saltation salts sandstone Schumm sectors semiarid shield and platform silcrete Simpson Desert soil South southern stone stony streamfloods surface tablelands tectonic temperature tend topographic transport transverse U.S. geol vegetation velocity wash weathering Western Australia wetter wind action yardangs zone