Question
Download Solution PDFWhich of the following is the main cause of 'bad lands'?
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Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Soil erosion.
Key Points
- Badlands are a type of dry terrain where softer sedimentary rocks and clay-rich soils have been extensively eroded.
- Badlands are arid regions where the hills are badly eroded under the action of water due to occasional rainstorms or the flow of river streams.
- Gullies and ravines represent them.
- Badland is rugged topography, usually of relatively low relief.
- Badland is associated with the arid and semi-arid regions.
Additional Information
- Types of Erosion are as follows
- Rain Drop Erosion - Due to falling raindrops on the soil surface.
- Sheet Erosion- Uniform removal of soil in thin layers from the surface.
- Rill Erosion - Erosion takes place through numerous narrow streamlets.
- Gully Erosion - Occurs due to runoff of surface water causing the removal of soil and forming gullies due to erosion.
- Stram Bank Erosion- Nothing but away from banks of a stream or a river.
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