An Overview on Sand Ramps, their Geographical Scattering and Their Significance in Yazd Province

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Assistant Professor of Geography, Yazd University

10.29252/kavosh.2001.2184

Abstract

Sand ramps are usually formed on the foothills in arid lands. Not until recently, this natural phenomenon was not found significant in traditional ecological studies. It was formerly assumed that sand ramps were caused simply by wind alterations. Modern research, however, indicates several causes for their generation.
 The present article studies the geographical scattering and geomorphological characteristics of significant sand ramps in Yazd Province. The natural survival of most of these sand ramps and their inactivity under present climatic conditions indicates that they are remains of far past.  

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