Bolson, is a geographic term for a desert valley or depression, the level of which has been raised by aggradation, usually draining into a playa or salt pan, and entirely surrounded by hills or mountains. It is a type of basin characteristic of basin and range topography.
View from the International Space Station of Lake Lucero in the Tularosa Basin, an example of a bolson. A bolsonis a desert valley or depression, the level of which has been raised by aggradation, usually draining into a playa or salt pan, and entirely surrounded by hills or mountains. It is a type of basin characteristic of basin and range topography.
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View from the International Space Station of Lake Lucero in the Tularosa Basin, an example of a bolson. A bolsonis