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Desert Features Diagram

Directions: Using complete sentences, describe the following desert features. On the
opposite page, label and color each feature.

barchan dunes -

transverse dunes -

star dunes -

longitudinal dunes -

mesa -

wadi -

canyon -

plateau -

escarpment -

salt pan -

gibber plain -

bolson -

alluvial fan -

playa lake -

inselberg -
Desert Features Diagram