Earth Pyramids

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Earth Pyramids

 

narrow conical formations with elevations up to 10-15 m, formed by boulder-clay glacial deposits (morraine). They are usually crowned by a large boulder or block; they occur when unsorted morraine masses are eroded by atmospheric precipitation. The large boulders on top of the earth pyramids protect the morraine mass underneath from destruction.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Kuklica is known for its typical erosive landforms called earth pyramids or stone dolls.
Thus protected, the tuffs together with the sturdier rocks above stand out in the relief in the form of spikes and pillars, or earth pyramids. Atmospheric events, such as rain, temperature rises and falls and wind, have all left their mark, shaping and molding them, giving them their peculiar forms.
Stone dolls, earth pyramids and Merry Wedding in Kuklica village
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