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L43 Badlands. Bryce Canyon National Park. Utah, USA
Position:
N37° 38'
W113° 08' approx.
Elevation:
8000' / 2450m approx.
Image format:
35mm
BADLANDS
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA. The many strange and wonderful
shapes that can be seen in the area are the result of EROSION
of the colorful but soft SEDIMENTARY ROCKS by running water. The
most distinctive features are called HOODOOS - pillars of rock,
usually of fantastic shape, left by erosion. PRECIPITATION, often
in the form of heavy THUNDER STORMS, drains over the surface of
the land, removing loose particles of SOIL and rock. EROSION is
caused and deep, narrow gullies are formed and may even be enlarged
into CANYONS. METEOROLOGICAL processes cause the rainfall, GEOLOGICAL
process cause the erosion. BIOLOGICAL factors determine what lives
in these areas and in what density.
Less detail
Image Trail:
L25 Gullied Butte - badlands. Grand Mesa, Grand Junction. Colorado,
USA
L34 Gullied Butte - badlands. Factory Butte, Hanksville. Utah, USA
L42 Badlands. Bryce Canyon National Park. Utah, USA
Links:
http://www.nps.gov/badl/
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/grd/parks/brca/
http://www.nps.gov/badl/
http://geography.com.sg/weathering/index.html
http://geography.com.sg/rivers/index.html
http://www-k12.atmos.washington.edu/k12/pilot/water_cycle/index.html
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