D4
Lesson Summary
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- aeolian processes
- deflation
- deflation hollows
- desert pavement
- wind abrasion
- dune
- loess
- Geologic processes whereby wind shapes the landscape are known as aeolian processes.
- Wind is an active agent of erosion, but is not as important as water erosion or glacial erosion.
- Areas of limited precipitation and little vegetation are prone to wind erosion.
- Wind erosion acts by two processes: deflation and abrasion.
- Deposition of windblown sediment results in two significant landscape features: dunes and loess.