How does a landforms created by wind erosion look like?

Answer 1

In deserts Abrasion and Deflation produce a number of distinctive landforms which include ventifcats, yadangs and zeugen.

You can search for these 3 types of landforms which are created due to wind erosion.

Answer 2

I will use deserts as an example as this is where wind erosion happens most as the action of the wind is greatly increased by the aeolian movement of sand.

In a desert, an outcrop of sandstone is not uncommon. This outcrop is of a slightly more resistant rock compared to what was once surrounding it, so it has resisted wind erosion more successfully. The desert winds pick up sand, and blow it at high speeds at the rock. This causes the landform to shrink in size as fragments are removed. This is the general effect of wind on a landform.

Answer 3

One way that wind erode some land forms is through sand blasting. It transports small particles, such as silt and clay, over great distances, and over time, it can be a tremendous erosional force.

Answer 4

These landforms are large areas of soft, loosely consolidated rock and bedrock surfaces that have been grooved, fluted, and pitted by wind erosion. The rock is eroded into alternating ridges and furrows essentially parallel to the dominant wind direction.

Answer 5

Sand Dunes

Wind Carved Alcove (Navajo Sandstone, Moab, Utah)

Lag deposits, ventifacts, yardangs and pans.

Answer 6

Wind erosion causes very slow gradual changes. These changes could be a sand dune, yardang, pans, lag deposits or deflation hollows.

Answer 7

plains and hills