Bajada (geography)

Bajadas below the Hexie Mountains as seen from Joshua Tree National Park
Death Valley north of Stovepipe Wells has bajadas on both sides of the valley, more well developed on the Panamint Range side (far side in this aerial view from the northeast).

A bajada consists of a series of coalescing alluvial fans along a mountain front. These fan-shaped deposits form by the deposition of sediment within a stream onto flat land at the base of a mountain.[1] The usage of the term in landscape description or geomorphology derives from the Spanish word bajada, generally having the sense of "descent" or "inclination".[2]

  1. ^ "Bajada | Deserts, Alluvial Fans, Floodplains | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Archived from the original on Dec 2, 2023. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  2. ^ Handy Spanish-English and English-Spanish dictionary. University of Michigan. New York, Philadelphia Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge, inc. 1912.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)