Pediment

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Pediment ( Latin : pes, pedis foot), also foot surface, is the narrow transition zone between mountains and plains , which, in contrast to the glacis, is free of debris .

Harald Zepp formulates in “ Geomorphologie ” (2004) as follows: “Pediments are slightly inclined, denudative surfaces that border on a higher, steeper terrain with a sharp bend. They are caused by extensive surface runoff in the absence of receiving water deepening . ”Pediments are the result of pedimentation , a pediplanation under semi- arid climatic conditions .

Partial scheme of the arid-morphological catena

The graphic shows part of the arid- morphological catena (soil sequence ). In the dotted area there are boulders and sands .