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The Calanchi di Bagnoregio are deeply eroded clay-rich slopes surrounding Civita di Bagnoregio in the Lazio region of central Italy. Rainfall, runoff, and slope failure have carved the soft sediments into narrow ridges and gullies known in Italian as calanchi, while erosion continues to affect the h...
The Guadix Badlands are an extensive area of deeply eroded sedimentary terrain around Guadix in Granada Province, Andalusia, Spain. Gullies, ravines, ridges, and isolated formations have been carved into relatively soft deposits by water erosion in a dry climate. The region is also known for cave dw...
The Craco Badlands are areas of strongly eroded clay-rich terrain surrounding Craco in the Basilicata region of southern Italy. Their ridges, gullies, and steep bare slopes are examples of the landforms locally called calanchi, produced where erosion acts on soft sedimentary ground. They form the di...
Calanchi di Aliano are deeply incised clay badlands in Basilicata, Italy, associated with the town where Carlo Levi was exiled and described in his 1945 memoir Christ Stopped at Eboli.
Calanchi di Atri are clay badland gullies surrounding the town of Atri in Abruzzo, Italy, protected as a nature reserve and formed by erosion of Pliocene marine clays.
Calanchi di Volterra are eroded clay and alabaster badlands surrounding Volterra in Tuscany, Italy, actively undermining the edges of the Etruscan and medieval hilltop town.
Calanchi di Pisticci are striking white clay badlands near Pisticci in Basilicata, Italy, formed on pale Pliocene marine clays and among the most visually dramatic calanchi landscapes in southern Italy.
Calanchi di Montalbano Jonico are eroded clay gully landscapes near Montalbano Jonico in Basilicata, Italy, typical of the Agri River valley's unstable Pliocene clay substrate.
Calanchi di Ripatransone are clay badland gullies near Ripatransone in the Marche region of Italy, characteristic of the Adriatic foothills' erosion of Pliocene clay formations.
