Aeolian Landform (04. Blowout)

04. Blowout                                                                                                                                               Back to Aeolian Landforms

• Blowouts are saucer  bowl- and trough shaped landform naturally eroded or "blown out" by the wind
• There has been a reduction in the area's vegetation cover.
•  Human activity, including tourism and overcrowding on coastal dunes and overgrazing in desert and semi-arid regions also commonly leads to blowout development.
• Blowouts occur in partially vegetated dunefields or sandhills.
• A blowout forms when a patch of protective vegetation is lost,
• It allowing strong winds to "blow out" sand and form a depression.
• They generally remain small.
• Blowouts can expand to kilometers in size and up to around 70m in depth.
• Blowouts provide an important habitat for flora and fauna.