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09:54 Jan 23, 2010
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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.

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  • 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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5autiomaa, erämaa
Erkki Pekkinen


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autiomaa, erämaa


Definition from Yrjö Haila & Ville Lähde: Luonnon poli:
Raamatussa erämaa on hedelmätön autiomaa, aavikko. Suomessa erämaana on pidetty aluetta, jossa on harjoitettu erätaloutta: metsästystä ja kalastusta. Kulttuuri on liittynyt siihen saumattomasti. Luonnonsuojeluun erämaa on yhdistetty ensin Yhdysvalloissa. Wilderness (erämaa) juontaa juurensa muinaisskandinaavisesta vild, villi-kantasanasta

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Erkki Pekkinen
Finland
Local time: 00:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FinnishFinnish
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