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L34 Gullied Butte - badlands. Factory Butte, Hanksville, Utah, USA
Position:
N38° 22.2'
W110° 45.58' approx.
Elevation:
4125' / 1257m
Image format:
MF 35mm
GULLIED BUTTE - BADLANDS
Soft rocks exposed on the edge of a MESA are heavily eroded by
RUNOFF after heavy rain storms. The runoff becomes concentrated
in GULLIES. These dissect the exposed rock layers and develop
a distinctive DENDRITIC (tree-like) network. Particles of rock,
already loosened by heating and cooling and by winter frosts are
washed off the eroded slopes and deposited in fan-like accumulations
across the lower elevations. The rocks are so severely and so
frequently eroded that there is little chance for any stabilizing
vegetation to take hold.
Less detail
Image Trail:
L25 Gullied Butte - badlands. Grand Mesa, Grand Junction. Colorado,
USA
L42 Badlands. Bryce Canyon National Park. Utah, USA
L43 Badlands. Bryce Canyon National Park. Utah, USA
Links:
many photographs of the rocks in this area at http://donb.photo.net/photo_cd/h/
http://www.nps.gov/badl/ |
