![]() ![]() In addition to a dense system of drainages and interfluves, badlands often contain buttes and hoodoos ("mushroom rocks"). The numerous deep drainage channels and high interfluves creates a stark landscape of hills, gullies, and ravines. Badlands have a very high drainage density of 77 to 747 miles per square mile (48 to 464 kilometers per square kilometer). Drainage density is defined as the total length of drainage channels per unit area of land surface. ![]() Such a drainage system is said to have a very fine drainage texture, as measured by its drainage density. This is terrain in which water erosion has cut a very large number of deep drainage channels, separated by short, steep ridges ( interfluves). Most are a result of natural processes, but destruction of vegetation by overgrazing or pollution can produce anthropogenic badlands.īadlands are characterized by a distinctive badlands topography. They are often difficult to navigate by foot, and are unsuitable for agriculture. Ravines, gullies, buttes, hoodoos and other such geologic forms are common in badlands.īadlands are found on every continent except Antarctica, being most common where there are unconsolidated sediments. They are characterized by steep slopes, minimal vegetation, lack of a substantial regolith, and high drainage density. ![]() ![]() The Chinle Badlands at Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument in southern Utahīadlands are a type of dry terrain where softer sedimentary rocks and clay-rich soils have been extensively eroded. ![]()
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