HKDSE Geography/E1/External Processes and the Landscape
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Weathering edit
Erosion edit
Fluvial edit
waterfall, rapids at Lam Tsuen River
Wave edit
Rain edit
Mass movement edit
In badlands, the weathered granitic rocks are very loosely packed. Thus the shear strength contributed by the cohesiveness of soil particles is very weak. The area also lacks vegetation, so no plant roots hold the soil particles together. The slope is therefore more prone to failure.