
Episode 128: Wind, Deserts, and Coasts
The Science of Everything Podcast
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What Are Desert Features?
Another interesting phenomenon found in desert landscapes is a venti fact. This is a rock that's been abraided, pitted, etched or grooved by sand or ice crystals in the wind. Another desert feature is an alluvial fan. So i think that concludes what i wanted to say about winds and deserts. The er summary there is that deserts, because of their dryness,. are dominated by eolian processes, or wind processes. And we talked about the er sand dunes. We talked about the methods of erosion, including lacuflation and abrasion and atrition. But it's interesting just to see how intense these these processes can be and how large an area
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