| imageID: | 21896 |
| Description: | Breakdown of steep hill |
| Keywords: | erosion |
| Photographer: | B.A. Hendricks |
| Original collection id: | 266525 |
| Media: | Black and white print |
| Collection: | Sierra Ancha Historical Images |
| Quality: | 3 |
| Location: | Cuba; NM; USA |
| Comments: | Rapid breakdown of steep hillsides that is common in the upper valley of the Puerco near Cuba, NM. Highly accelerated erosion has followed the depletion of herbaceous vegetation. Stripped of productive soil, such slopes become badlands. Rio Grande Bulletin |
| Citation: | Use of this image is governed by Creative Commons CC BY. If you use the image, please include the following citation: Olberding, Susan D.; Huebner, Daniel P.; Edminster, Carleton B. 2007. Sierra Ancha Experimental Forest historical photographs. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2007-0006 |
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