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| navigate by keyword : abrasive are areas carry cuts desert dolphin environments erode form gradually hills iran landscape load lowlying lut parallel prevailing ridges scarce sediment separate shape shaped strong take that unidirectional unique water where which wind winds yardangn yardangs |
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| Yardangs form in environments where water is scarce and the prevailing winds are strong, uni-directional, and carry an abrasive sediment load. The wind cuts down low-lying areas into parallel ridges which gradually erode into separate hills that take on the unique shape of a yardang
The landscape of dolphin shaped yardangs in Lut desert widely referred to as Dasht-e Lut a large salt desert located in the province of Kerman. Yardangs called Kalout in Farsi
Lut is inscribed on UNESCO`s World Heritage List as natural monument |
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