The most common landscape forms in the dry western United States are the basin and range and the ________.

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Basin and Range landscape is characterized by parallel mountain ranges separated by wide valleys or basins. Mesa and scarp refers to an elevated flat-topped hill with steep sides, which is a common feature within the basin and range landscape. Claypan and playa refer to flat, low-lying landforms typically found in arid regions but are not as common as mesa and scarp in the western United States. Bajada refers to a series of coalescing alluvial fans that have merged to form a continuous slope, while hamada refers to high flat-topped plateaus found in desert regions. Neither of these two options are as common as mesa and scarp within the basin and range landscape of the western United States.

The Most Common Landscape Forms in the Dry Western United