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  2. Aeolian landform - Wikipedia

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    Examples of Erosional Landforms; Landform Description Image Deflation basin: A depression in the land that can be found in deserts due to the removal of particles by wind; it can also be referred to as a "blowout". Blowout outside of Earth, Texas: Ventifacts: Rock samples that demonstrate the erosion caused by aeolian processes over time.

  3. Aeolian processes - Wikipedia

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    Wind erosion of soil at the foot of Chimborazo, Ecuador Rock carved by drifting sand below Fortification Rock in Arizona (Photo by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, USGS, 1871). Aeolian processes, also spelled eolian, [1] pertain to wind activity in the study of geology and weather and specifically to the wind's ability to shape the surface of the Earth (or other planets).

  4. Glossary of landforms - Wikipedia

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    Aeolian landformLandforms produced by action of the winds include: Dry lake – Area that contained a standing surface water body; Sandhill – Type of ecological community or xeric wildfire-maintained ecosystem; Ventifact – Rock that has been eroded by wind-driven sand or ice crystals; Yardang – Streamlined aeolian landform

  5. Rauk - Wikipedia

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    It is unclear to which extent different rauks in Gotland started to form from a cliffed coast, a dissected coast or from glacial landforms. [5] A comparison of photographs from 1900 and from 1966 has shown that some rauks had been destroyed during that period. [5] Carl Linnaeus, who visited Gotland in 1741, was the first scientist to describe ...

  6. Category:Aeolian landforms - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Aeolian landforms" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  7. Ridge - Wikipedia

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    The groups and their subgroups are not mutually exclusive; landforms, including ridges, can belong to multiple subgroups. In this classification, ridges are found in the Aeolian, Coastal Marine and Estuarine, Lacustrine, Glacial, Volcanic and Hydrothermal, Tectonic and Structural, Slope, and Erosional subgroups. [4]

  8. Yardang - Wikipedia

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    A yardang near Meadow, Texas) (USDA photo Yardangs in the Qaidam Desert, Qinghai Province, China.. A yardang is a streamlined protuberance carved from bedrock or any consolidated or semiconsolidated material by the dual action of wind abrasion by dust and sand and deflation (the removal of loose material by wind turbulence). [1]

  9. Surface features of Venus - Wikipedia

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    The surface of Venus is dominated by geologic features that include volcanoes, large impact craters, and aeolian erosion and sedimentation landforms. Venus has a topography reflecting its single, strong crustal plate, with a unimodal elevation distribution (over 90% of the surface lies within an elevation of -1.0 and 2.5 km) [ 1 ] that ...