Discussion
The elongated and streamlined ridges that look like an overturned ship's hull that are created by wind abrasion are called :
Answer: A
These ridges are called yardangs.
Yardangs are streamlined ridges of rock or compacted sediment carved by wind abrasion, with a blunt, steep upwind end and a tapering tail, like an upturned boat hull. They line up parallel to the prevailing wind in deserts such as the Lut of Iran and the Taklamakan.
Pediments are gently sloping erosion surfaces at the foot of mountains, inselbergs are isolated residual hills standing above a plain, and buttes (printed 'Buffes') are small flat-topped hills. None of them is a wind-carved streamlined ridge.
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