How important is the wind in the erosion of desert landforms? Why is a desert lake in a basin of interior drainage likely to be a saline lake? Describe the erosion and landform sequences created when a higher elevation plateau is eroded to become a lower elevation plateau. Utilize examples from several of our western national parks. For each of the following landscape features, explain the process by which the feature was created and/or controlled.
- erg
- playa
- bornhardt
- barchan dune
- pediment
- loess
- butte