Why is the work of wind activity is most prominent in deserts?
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Wind erosion has the greatest impact on areas with dry soil because it is easier for wind to pick up and transport dry, light soil than it is to pick up wet soil. Like the drought-ridden Great Plains during the Dust Bowl, desert regions are also very susceptible to wind erosion. Characteristically, deserts have dry soil, or sand, that is easy to transport. Also, deserts often have fewer physical barriers, such as hills, trees, or other structures, that can slow the wind movement. Due to this lack of physical barriers, desert winds have less slowing them down or stopping their movement and are able to transport particles easier and farther.
Wind erosion can occur by two different methods, which are abrasion and deflation. These two methods of wind erosion both involve the erosion and dispersal of particles, but they shape the desert landscape in very different ways.
Wind abrasion is the process of the wearing away of a solid object due to the impact of particles carried by the wind. The wind picks up particles and moves them. When the particles collide with a solid object, the impact causes small pieces of the object to break off. This can cause the object being hit with particles to become smooth or worn. This type of wind erosion is similar to sandblasting. During sandblasting, a person uses compressed air, or some other force, to push sand at a high velocity over an object in order to roughen or clear the surface. Wind abrasion is a natural form of sandblasting.
In deserts, wind abrasion shapes the rocks and boulders. In areas where strong winds consistently pick up sand and carry it, rocks and boulders in the wind's path can be impacted by wind abrasion. If the wind blows over low-lying rocks, it will cause them to become flattened on the upwind side. The sand particles that collide with the rock will break away small pieces of the rock until it loses its round shape and becomes flat.