Definitions for "Bajada"
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Pediment, Alluvial fan, Cuesta, Escarpment, Undercutting, Inselberg, Butte, Scarp, Canyon, Badlands, Hogback, Bluff, Cliff, Couloir, Mesa , Dune , Landform, Headwall, U-shaped valley, Rockfall, Terrace, Peneplain, Sand dunes, Arête, Gorge, Col, Fan, Scree, Terracing, Talus, Corrie, Cirque, Glen, Valley, Bench, Ridge, Horn, Dip slope, Monadnock, Barchan, Knickpoint, Plain, Fault scarp, Beach ridge, Slip face, Rift valley, Landforms, Landslip, Blowout, Erg
An alluvial plain formed at the base of a mountain by the joining of several alluvial fans.
An elongate wedge of sediment formed by the overlap of several alluvial fans emerging from adjacent valleys.
Multiple alluvial fans joining together to form an undulating landform.
an alluvial apron which, together with the pediment, makes up the piedmont slops in a basin.
a stemmed point with sloping shoulders
a wide apron of rock and debris that forms where many alluvial fans coalesce
Bajada (pronounced ba-há-da) is a Spanish word that means "slope" or "skirt".
A broad, gently inclined slope formed by the lateral coalescence of a series of alluvial fans, and having a broadly undulating transverse profile.
Landform. A series of alluvial fans (one per canyon) that have coalesced into one larger landform along the side of a mountain or mountain range.
A broad, sloping depositional deposit caused by the coalescing of alluvial fans.
Consecutive series of alluvial fans forming along the edge of a linear mountain range. Surface of this feature undulates in a rolling fashion as one moves from the center of one alluvial fan to another. Normally occurs in arid climates.
A series of coalescing alluvial fans along the base of a mountain range.