Pediplain
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In geology and geomorphology a pediplain is an extensive plain formed by the coalescence of pediments. The processes through which pediplains forms is known as pediplanation. The concepts of pediplain
View of a scarpment and pediment in Namibia. The somewhat flat area in the foreground is an incipient pediplain.
Cattle on an Oudalan pediplain, between Gorom and Oursi, Burkina Faso.
Scarp retreat
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Scarp retreat is a geological process through which the location of an escarpment changes over time. Typically the cliff is undermined, rocks fall and form a talus slope, the talus is chemically or me
Pediplain
…in pediplains they ought to have the same steepness as the slopes in the early stages of erosion leading to pediplanation. Pediplanation is linked to scarp retreat in the following way: as scarps retreat over geological time pediments migrate and extend over large areas. The result is that the surface is eroded…
Bandiagara Escarpment in Mali.
Aerial view of retreating scarp in Namibia.
Illawarra escarpment in Australia