badlands

Italian translation: calanchi

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English term or phrase:	badlands
Italian translation:	calanchi

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12:37 Feb 3, 2009

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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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calanchi

Definition:
Solco erosivo intercalato a creste, scavato nei terreni argillosi dalle acque di dilavamento

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Definition from Wikipedia:
I calanchi sono tipiche morfologie del terreno, presenti su versanti collinari, causate dall'erosione delle acque di dilavamento in terreni pelitici o marnosi.

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I calanchi sono delle particolari forme di erosione create dagli agenti atmosferici, in particolare dalle acque pluviali, nelle argille del Pliocene depositate in più riprese dall'oceano, soprattutto attorno a due milioni di anni fa: la relativa fluidità e l'incoerenza di questo strato geologico determinano dei fenomeni erosivi che si presentano come dei profondi "tagli" nei fianchi delle alture, "ferite" in cui non riescono a crescere le piante per la continua attività erosiva. - Tuscia Viterbese

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calanchi

Definition from Dizionario De Mauro:
Solco erosivo intercalato a creste, scavato nei terreni argillosi dalle acque di dilavamento

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I "calanchi" caratterizzano l'aspro paesaggio della Lucania sud-orientale, compreso fra le valli del Sauro, l'Agri ed il Basento. - APT Basilicata

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