Major
yardang localities on Earth: (1) Taklimakan Desert, China (type
locality), (2) Lut Desert, Iran, (3) Khash Desert, Afghanistan, (4)
Sinai Peninsula, (5) Saudi Arabia, (6) Egypt, (7) Sudan, (8,9) Libyan
Desert, (10,11) Tibesti region, Chad and Niger, (12) Algeria, (13)
Namib Desert, Namib, (14) Mojave Desert, California, (15) Talara
region, Peru, and (16) Paracas-Ica region, Peru. Confirmed yardangs
have not been reported in Australia. aus: Greeley, R. & Iversen, J.D. (1985), p. 138