Even in deserts, the main agent of erosion is water. Wind is a secondary agent of erosion. Fine sand grains are removed leaving behind coarser material. The process is called deflation and the material left behind forms a desert pavement.

A common theory suggests that desert pavements are formed through gradual removal of sand and other fine particles by the wind and intermittent rains leaving behind the large fragments. The larger rock particles are shaken into place by actions of different agents such as rain, wind, gravity, and animals.

Crop Rotation: Rotating in high-residue crops — such as corn, hay, and small grain — can reduce erosion as the layer of residue protects topsoil from being carried away by wind and water. Conservation Tillage: Conventional tillage produces a smooth surface that leaves soil vulnerable to erosion.

Terracing is the method to check the soil erosion in desert region. Explanation: The process that is used to check the soil erosion in desert area is referred as Terracing. It is soil conservation practice that can be implemented to prevent the rainfall runoff on sloping land form gathering and cause serious erosion.

The resulting land after erosion of soil makes the land unfit for agriculture and this land is called ‘Badland’.

Ravine is a place where any kind of vegetation is not possible due to the infertility of the land. Badland is a place where the topography is not good and vegetation is also not possible ,in simple words there are many land obstacles like plateau infertile hill mountain.

A gully is a landform created by running water, eroding sharply into soil or other relatively erodable material, typically on a hillside. Gullies resemble large ditches or small valleys, but are metres to tens of metres in depth and width.

Gullies can be classified based on three factors viz. their size, shape (cross section) and formation of branches or continuation.