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Bajada (Geography)

Bajadas are landforms consisting of coalescing alluvial fans that form at the base of mountains. When streams flow downhill from mountains, they carry sediment that is deposited in a fan-shape, with coarser sediment closest to the mountain and finer sediment grading further out. Over time, the continuous deposition of sediment from flash floods or streams creates extensive bajadas that grade into closed basins and often contain playa lakes, especially in dry climates like the Southwestern US.

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Bajada (Geography)

Bajadas are landforms consisting of coalescing alluvial fans that form at the base of mountains. When streams flow downhill from mountains, they carry sediment that is deposited in a fan-shape, with coarser sediment closest to the mountain and finer sediment grading further out. Over time, the continuous deposition of sediment from flash floods or streams creates extensive bajadas that grade into closed basins and often contain playa lakes, especially in dry climates like the Southwestern US.

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Bajada (geography)

A bajada consists of a series of coalescing alluvial fans along a mountain front. These fan-shaped
deposits form from the deposition of sediment within a stream onto flat land at the base of a
mountain.
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Formation and occurrence[edit]
When a stream flows downhill it picks up sediment along with other materials, as that stream
emerges from a mountain front the sediment begins to deposit. The coarser sediment falls out
closest to the base and the finer sediment grades outwards and deposits in a fan-shape away from
the mountain face.
[2]
The sediment is transported across a pediment into a closed basin where the
bajadas grade back into a pediment, making the boundary difficult to distinguish. Bajadas frequently
contain playa lakes.
[3]
Bajadas are common in dry climates (i.e. the Southwestern US) where flash
floods deposit sediment over time. Though they are also common in wetter climates where streams
are nearly continuously depositing sediment.
[2]

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