Concept information
Preferred term
basin and range topography
Definition
- Basin and range topography is a type of landscape where ridges and mountains alternate with depressions in a somewhat regular pattern. Such topography occurs wherever diastrophic processes have produced faults that have uplifted blocks and dropped down intervening basins. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Basin and Range Topography]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/basin_and_range_topography
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