The world’s arid lands are some of the most beautiful landscapes on Earth, and their paucity of vegetation often makes it possible to see landforms and structures with great clarity (Figure 1.1). In addition, they have many characteristics both in terms of landforms and geomorphological processes that render them different from other major environments (see, for example, Laity, 2008; Parsons an...

The present study deals with the inter-relations in the relief which forms the Bacia do Alto Rio Paraguay (BAP) in mid-west Brazil. The overall aim is to discuss the relationship between relief forms and the biodiversity of the Pantanal. The BAP is a natural environmental system with contrasts in two of the compartments on which it is formed: the plateau, the most elevated compartment, highly t...

sistan plain is affected by desertification and this phenomenon has serious impacts on roads and socio- economic activities of local people of this region. the main purpose of this study is estimating the current and potential desertification intensity of niatak region of sistan based on micd method. that, through it the working units of this region were prepared as the base map for evaluating ...