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What are yardangs?
What are yardangs?
What process is associated with fluvial landforms?
What process is associated with fluvial landforms?
What type of landform is a ventifact?
What type of landform is a ventifact?
Where do erosion landforms usually occur?
Where do erosion landforms usually occur?
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What characterizes a dry lake?
What characterizes a dry lake?
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Study Notes
Landforms and Processes
- Yardangs are elongated, narrow ridges of sandstone or other rocks that have been eroded by wind.
- Fluvial landforms are associated with the process of erosion and deposition by water, such as rivers and streams.
- Ventifacts are a type of landform that has been shaped by the abrasive action of wind-borne sand and dust.
- Erosion landforms, such as canyons and gorges, usually occur in areas where a river or stream flows rapidly downhill, resulting in erosive action.
- A dry lake, also known as a playa, is characterized by a flat, dry basin or depression that was formerly a lake bed, often with a layer of salt, alkali, or other minerals on its surface.
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Test your knowledge of landforms by taking this quiz on landforms organized by process. Learn about aeolian landforms and their formation by the action of winds, including dry lakes and other fascinating features shaped by wind erosion and deposition.
