During the weekend, my daughter and I had a little walk around
our neighborhood, which is located in Tucson, Arizona. My daughter, as curious
as she is, started asking questions about the area. She asked what the name of
the area was, and I told her, “this place is called the Sonoran Desert.” She
then asked why we had mountains in Tucson, since deserts are not supposed to
have mountains. I explained to her that the mountains in Tucson are just a few
of small ranges that are found in south-western United States, so we were lucky
to have some nearby. Then I told her that the mountains were actually a lot bigger
compared to now but due to the process of relief, a lot of sediment was brought
to the adjacent basins, making the mountains a lot smaller to the point of forming
a desert landscape called inselberg. She then asked me what sediment was. I told
her that sediment is just rocks and minerals that were brought down be the relief
process. Some of the rocks found in the area are igneous like granite,
sedimentary like sandstone, and metamorphic like slate. After all the information
I gave her, she seemed satisfied with her knowledge and we continued our walk
back home.
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