badlands

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22:54 Dec 7, 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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3Sliktā zeme
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Sliktā zeme


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Saulei rietot, mums ir iespēja apskatīt vēl kādu interesantu vietu - Bedlendas [Sliktā zeme] nacionālo parku. Zeme patiešām nav nekāda labā - veidojums, kas atgādina kalnus, sastāv it kā no māliem, it kā no smiltīm. Līdzīgi smilšakmenim tam ir ļoti irdena struktūra. Laika apstākļu - lietus un saules - ietekmē zemes reljefs nepārtraukti mainās. Zemes veidojumi ir ļoti krāsaini un skaisti, taču staigāt pa tiem ir bīstami, jo jebkurā mirklī zeme var nobrukt. Akmens iežos te atrodamas bagātīgas pirmatnējo augu un dzīvnieku fosīlijas. Tomēr Bedlendas nacionālajam parkam ir arī otra puse - prērijas, kur ganās bizoni, mīt čūskas un bruņurupuči, bet naktīs sasaucas koijoti un prēriju suņi. Parku ieskauj Ziemeļamerikā lielākās prēriju platības un indiāņu rezervāti.

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  • Piedzīvojumi ”siera” štatā un Amerikas ”Sliktajā zemē”. - Ceļojumi  
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