Hot Desert Landforms Quiz

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Define a Yardang?
A narrow, streamlined ridge, that are usually three to four times longer than they are wide
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How is a Yardang formed?
Softer rock is eroded by sand carried in suspension, the harder rock remains leaving long ridges of hard rock
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A sand dune forms when?
Sand dunes carried by suspension are deposited as the wind slows down
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A crescent-shaped sand dune must be a?
Barchan dune
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An isolated flat-topped, steep sided landform in an arid area is?
A Mesa
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A seif dune forms when?
When the wind changes direction and a barchan dune become elongated at a different angle
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How is a Yardang formed?

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Softer rock is eroded by sand carried in suspension, the harder rock remains leaving long ridges of hard rock

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A sand dune forms when?

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A crescent-shaped sand dune must be a?

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An isolated flat-topped, steep sided landform in an arid area is?

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