Dry terrain where soft sedimentary rock and clay-rich soil are deeply cut into steep slopes, gullies and ridges with almost no plant cover. A landform belongs here when its cited article describes badlands or steeply eroded badland terrain. It excludes hoodoo fields where the article stresses individual capped pillars. Badlands drain quickly and erode fast during rare heavy rains, so their ridges and ravines change over years rather than millennia.
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Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness (Wikipedia)
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Established in 1984, the Wilderness is a desolate area of steeply eroded badlands managed by the Bureau of Land Management, except three parcels of private Navajo land within its boundaries.
Badlands (Wikipedia)
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Badlands are a type of dry terrain where softer sedimentary rocks and clay-rich soils have been extensively eroded.
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