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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jankaisler
4neúrodná půda, špatná země, badland
Martina Márkus


  

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badlands


Definition from own experience or research:
neúrodná krajina bez vegetace podléhající silně erozi typicky na jihozápadu USA

Example sentence(s):
  • Řídce obydlená proláklina je pokrytá krajinou zvanou badlands, slanými bažinami a slanými jezery. - wikipedia  
  • Nejkrásnější badlandy amerického kontinentu jsou zvané BIG BADLANDS. Ty právě dosahují svých maximálních rozměrů a těžko popsatelnou monumentalitu, v jistém smyslu i malebnost. - u-s-a.cz/priroda  
  • badlands = povrchy bez vegetace, na jílovitých substrátech, silně rozčleněné stržovou erozí - geografie.webzdarma.cz  
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Local time: 16:47
Native speaker of: Czech

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neúrodná půda, špatná země, badland


Definition from own experience or research:
neúrodná půda; typ krajiny s četnými erozními rýhami, vznikající v oblastech střídání suchých období s prudkými lijáky

Example sentence(s):
  • Nejsme v Mongolsku, v Číně nebo někde v Americe v badlandu - to je takový zvláštní geologický termín, který vznikl právě v severní Americe. Jde o pouštní až polopouštní terén, jehož vrstvy nejsou zarostlé. Pro první osídlence to byla "špatná země", která se nedá obdělat - anglicky badland. Paleontologové tímto termínem označují každé geologicky atraktivní území, které není zarostlé ani zastavěné. - český rozhlas  
Martina Márkus
Czech Republic
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