swap_horiz Gorafe Badlands Alternatives

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Valle de la Luna (Atacama, Chile)

Near San Pedro de Atacama in northern Chile, Valle de la Luna occupies part of the Cordillera de la Sal. Wind and occasi...

Chile Salt Atacama Erosion

8.84 Great

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Turkana Basin

Centered on Lake Turkana, the Turkana Basin extends across northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia within the East African...

Hominid Rift Valley Erosion Fossil Rich

8.74 Great

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Valle de la Luna (San Juan, Argentina)

Valle de la Luna is a popular name for the eroded landscape of Ischigualasto Provincial Park in San Juan Province, Argen...

Argentina Triassic Erosion San Juan

8.74 Great

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Painted Hills

The Painted Hills are one of the three units of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in central Oregon. Their bands of...

USA Colorful Oregon Eocene

8.70 Great

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Danakil Depression

The Danakil Depression is a low-lying desert region in the Afar area of northeastern Ethiopia, near the junction of seve...

Extreme Volcanic Ethiopia Afar

8.66 Great

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Little Missouri Badlands

The Little Missouri Badlands are an eroded landscape surrounding the Little Missouri River in western North Dakota. Laye...

USA Grassland River Valley North Dakota

8.48 Great

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Las Médulas

Las Médulas is a cultural landscape in León, Spain, shaped by large-scale Roman gold mining. Roman engineers used water...

Spain Unesco Erosion Castile Leon

8.46 Great

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Palo Duro Canyon

Palo Duro Canyon is an extensive canyon system in the Texas Panhandle, southeast of Amarillo, carved primarily by the Pr...

USA Canyon Texas State Park

8.42 Great

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Kerlingarfjöll

Kerlingarfjöll is a volcanic mountain range in Iceland's central highlands, reached from the Kjölur highland route. Its...

Volcanic Highland Iceland Rhyolite

8.34 Great

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White Desert (Farafra)

The White Desert is a chalk landscape in Egypt's Western Desert near the Farafra Oasis. Windblown sand has eroded the pa...

Surreal Egypt Chalk Erosion

8.30 Great

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Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument

Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument is a 377,000-acre federal monument in north-central Montana established by...

USA Montana River National Monument

8.24 Great

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Colorado National Monument

Colorado National Monument is a protected landscape established in 1911 near Grand Junction and Fruita in western Colora...

USA Colorado Sandstone National Monument

8.24 Great

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Ihlara Valley

Ihlara Valley is a gorge in Aksaray Province within Turkey's Cappadocia region, extending for roughly 14 kilometers thro...

Turkey Valley Erosion Tuff

8.24 Great

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Quebrada de Cafayate (Quebrada de las Conchas)

Quebrada de las Conchas, also called Quebrada de Cafayate, is a gorge in Salta Province in northwestern Argentina. Water...

Canyon Colorful Argentina Salta

8.22 Great

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Bardenas Reales Natural Park

Bardenas Reales is a semi-arid landscape of eroded clay, gypsum, and sandstone in Navarre, Spain. Ravines, plateaus, iso...

Spain Navarre Semi Arid Natural Park

8.18 Great

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Cerro de los Siete Colores

Cerro de los Siete Colores, or Hill of Seven Colors, is a multicolored hill beside Purmamarca in Argentina's Jujuy Provi...

Colorful Argentina Erosion Jujuy

8.18 Great

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Guadix Badlands

The Guadix Badlands are an extensive area of deeply eroded sedimentary terrain around Guadix in Granada Province, Andalu...

Spain Granada Erosion Calanchi

7.70 Good

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Tankwa Karoo National Park

Tankwa Karoo National Park is a protected area in South Africa's Northern Cape, within the arid Tankwa Karoo between the...

South Africa National Park Semi Arid Karoo

7.52 Good

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Rambla de Aguamarga

Rambla de Aguamarga is an ephemeral stream channel and eroded ravine near Agua Amarga in Almería, southeastern Spain. It...

Spain Semi Arid Erosion Almeria

6.70 Fair

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Kaisut Desert

The Kaisut Desert is a semi-arid desert and scrubland region in northern Kenya. It lies between the Marsabit plateau and...

Northern Kenya Semi Arid Erosion

6.58 Fair