A peripediment in a desert or semi-desert region is also known as :
Inselberg
Zeugen
Bajada
Playa
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UPSC CDS-1 – 2022
A peripediment is generally considered to be the gentle slope area at the base of a mountain or escarpment in arid and semi-arid regions. This area often comprises an erosional pediment closer to the mountain and a depositional bajada further out. While technically distinct (pediment is erosional, bajada is depositional), the term ‘peripediment’ is sometimes used more broadly to refer to this entire piedmont zone or specifically the region around the pediment, which is dominated by the bajada (coalesced alluvial fans). Among the given options, Bajada is the feature most closely associated geographically and morphologically with the peripediment region, forming the depositional part of the piedmont slope.