The sandy hummocks in the foreground are the result of a positive feedback: the root systems of pioneer plants stabilize their growing site whilst the areas in between are exposed to wind erosion - the more stable hummocks, also acting as small water reservoirs, are then suitable for colonization by further plants - and so on.

Keywords

aeolian processes, dunescape, steppes and cold deserts, Zonobiome VII

Created

Thursday 17 July 2014 by Martin Mergili in Asia / Mongolia (3977 visits)