Describe a Pediplain and explain its formation.

Describe a Pediplain and explain its formation.

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- Extensive low and gently sloping lands common in deserts.

o Pediments surrounding a highland are extended by sheet erosion.
o With time the highland is reduced to a residual hill like Inselbergs.
o The hill is eventually eroded forming a continuous plain(Pediplain)

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Kavungya answered the question on May 3, 2019 at 13:50

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