List three processes of wind erosion
(b) with the aid of a diagram, describe the characteristics and mode of information of a zeugen
(a) Processes of wind erosion
. - deflation, - abrasion, - attrition
(b) Characteristics and mode of formation of a zeugen characteristic
- wind erosion feature - found in the desert/ arid regions
- found in areas of active mechanical weathering
- abrasive process of wind erosion
- rock has varying resistance to erosion
- layer of soft rock beneath the layer of hard rock
- long ridge and furrow landscape
- narrow furrows separating the ridges
- tabular masses of rocks/ridges
- are elongated ridges
- consist of hard and soft rocks horizontally bedded rocks
- may be 3 meters to 30 meters high
- sides are irregular - many zeugens overhang
- lie parallel/concordant to each other
- lie in the direction of the prevailing wind
- hard rock layer on the surface
- examples are found in the Sahara, Kalahari deserts and Arabian desert etc.
Mode of formation -
formed in desert/arid regions
- formed by the action of wind abrasion
- on alternating horizontal layers of hard and soft rocks
- hard rock on the surface
- hard rock has parallel joints or cracks
- Mechanical weathering initiates the formation of zeugen by opening up the joints of the surface rock
- Wind abrasion attacks the existing opening
- penetrating deep into the underlying soft layers
- The joints are widened to become furrows
- The blocks between the furrows stand out as ridges called zeugens
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