badlands

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12:37 Feb 3, 2009
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Science - Geography
Additional field(s): Environment & Ecology
English term or phrase: badlands
Definition from Glossary Of Geography:
Very irregular topography resulting from wind and water erosion of sedimentary rock.

Example sentence(s):
  • Badlands are semiarid regions with sparse vegetation that experience high rates of erosion. Water and wind, instead of carving gentle hills and broad valleys, sculpt soft sedimentary rock into intricate mazes of narrow ravines, v-shaped gullies, knife-sharp ridges, buttes, and colorful pinnacles. SOUTH DAKOTA BADLANDS
  • Both badlands and gullies appear to have developed since European settlement and to be part of the same hydrological system with extensive areas of bare ground (badlands) feeding water to incising gullies. ScienceDirect
  • n the Badlands, soils can consist of sandstone, shale, and lignite. All soils have been modified by erosion (i.e. wind, water, and ice). University of Idaho
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Definition from Den Store Danske:
badlands, (af eng. bad 'dårlig' og plur. af land 'jord'), stærkt eroderede landskaber gennemfuret af dybe regnkløfter.

Example sentence(s):
  • I sin mest ekstreme form kan badlands minde om et goldt, gennemfuret bjerglandskab. De dannes fortrinsvis i tørre og ofte højtliggende områder med ringe plantedække og løse jordlag. Ved styrtregn kan vandet ikke nå at sive ned i jorden, men samler sig i strømme, der river jord med sig og eroderer dybe kløfter i de ubeskyttede skråninger. Skovrydning og uforsigtig jorddyrkning kan bevirke, at et landskab bliver så sårbart over for vanderosion, at badlands udvikles. - Den Store Danske  
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