With an aid of a diagram, explain how Zeugen is formed.

      

With an aid of a diagram, explain how Zeugen is formed.

  

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Maurice
A Zeugen is formed in desert area where alternating horizontal layers of hard and soft rocks occur. The top layer of hard rock is jointed and has cracks. Weathering opens up the joints deepening them to reach the soft layer of rocks. Abrasion continues, furrows are formed and gradually widened. The hard rock forms ridges separating the furrows. This process creates a ridge-furrow landscape. The ridge is called Zeugen.

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This feature is formed through the process of weathering and wind action in deserts. It occurs on a mass of horizontally lying rock with alternating soft and hard layers of rocks. Weathering helps in the breaking of the hard cap. The weathered materials are then acted upon by wind abrasion. They are then picked by wind and transported. These particles on contact with the rock mass, scour the soft layers of rock more intensively than the hard layers of rock. This results in the formation of ridges and furrows. The ridges are referred to as zeugens.


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maurice.mutuku answered the question on June 9, 2017 at 08:48


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