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badlands

Polish translation: badlandy

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English term or phrase:badlands
Polish translation:badlandy

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18:54 Feb 2, 2009
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Science - Geography
Additional field(s): Environment & Ecology
English term or phrase: badlands
Definition from Glossary Of Geography:
Very irregular topography resulting from wind and water erosion of sedimentary rock.

Example sentence(s):
  • Badlands are semiarid regions with sparse vegetation that experience high rates of erosion. Water and wind, instead of carving gentle hills and broad valleys, sculpt soft sedimentary rock into intricate mazes of narrow ravines, v-shaped gullies, knife-sharp ridges, buttes, and colorful pinnacles. SOUTH DAKOTA BADLANDS
  • Both badlands and gullies appear to have developed since European settlement and to be part of the same hydrological system with extensive areas of bare ground (badlands) feeding water to incising gullies. ScienceDirect
  • n the Badlands, soils can consist of sandstone, shale, and lignite. All soils have been modified by erosion (i.e. wind, water, and ice). University of Idaho
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badlandy
Definition:
Badlandy to pojęcie geograficzne określające obszary wyżynne występujące w strefie klimatu suchego i półsuchego, o słabo scementowanym podłożu i ubogiej szacie roślinnej, silnie porozcinane przez liczne i kręte wąwozy; termin użyty po raz pierwszy dla obszaru w Dakocie Północnej (USA), gdzie obecnie znajduje się Badland National Park.
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badlandy


Definition from Encyklopedia PWN:
Badlandy to pojęcie geograficzne określające obszary wyżynne występujące w strefie klimatu suchego i półsuchego, o słabo scementowanym podłożu i ubogiej szacie roślinnej, silnie porozcinane przez liczne i kręte wąwozy; termin użyty po raz pierwszy dla obszaru w Dakocie Północnej (USA), gdzie obecnie znajduje się Badland National Park.

Example sentence(s):
  • Drugą przy względem ważności formą ukształtowania terenu Xochimilco są płaskowyże wulkaniczne również badlandy zajmujące 27 proc. jego powierzchni. - Xochimilco  
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Yes  KASIAJAN: (Wg Słownika Encyklopedycznego) Erozja wąwozowa jest najintensywniejsza w skałach miękkich, gdzie tworzą się badlandy.
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Yes  mpoho
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  -> dziękuję :-)
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