Al Qasim
Abiquiu
North from Hoggar
Baidoa
Benghazi
Augrabies
Bechar
Berbera
Gullies of Shaanxi
These gully systems are the planet’s most extensive, and were formed naturally in the deep windblown deposits of Gobi Desert silt. Sediment washing from these drainages adds greatly to the fertile effects of yearly floods on the North China Plain. The badlands are among the major reasons that China developed agriculture as early as it… Read more »
Athens
Western Adirondacks in Autumn
Abay Wenz
Alice Springs
Azaouagh
Auckland 2002
Bayan Zag
Algiers
Banjarmasin
Arequipa
Avalon
Bafing River
Alaska Range
Adrar Ahnet
Atitlan
Marzuk
The constant wind of the central Sahara has clustered its moving sand in great oblate dunefields called Ergs. This one is in the southwestern corner of Libya, and is spilling downwind into a rift valley. This area was a populous node during pluvial times which were associated with the continental glacial advances. Several important archeological… Read more »
Escarpments
The geometry of East Africa’s rift troughs seemed impossibly complex, until Shuttle-based elevation data allowed such views as this in 2005. From the north of Kenya to central Zimbabwe, rift trends cross and pass under each other like a roller coaster. Colors range from torrid down low to the moderate greens of the most temperate… Read more »