View from the road leading up to the abandoned historic centre of Craco. The loamy soils of southern Basilicata are highly susceptible to erosion, so that the formation of badlands - in Italian: calanchi - with all their characteristics is a common phenomenon in this area.

Keywords

badlands, cultural landscape, fluvial erosion, fluvial processes, sedimentary rocks, Zonobiome IV

Created

Sunday 1 April 2012 by Martin Mergili in Europe / Italy (6800 visits)