After reading Chapter 18, you should be able to:
- Describe the development of landforms in deserts and other arid regions.
- Describe the ten distinctive environmental characteristics of dry lands that help shape desert landforms.
- Explain the importance of fluvial processes and wind (aeolian processes) in shaping arid landscapes.
- Describe aeolian erosion, transportation, and deposition.
- Define loess and describe its origin and the location of loess deposits throughout the world.
- Identify major landforms found in arid regions: sand dunes, inselbergs, bornhardt, basin-and-range terrain, mesa-and-scarp terrain, and badlands.
