Relation between relief and Badland spatial distribution in the Paleogene Pazin Basin, Croatia

Badlands are specific landforms characterized by intense denudation processes. Their occurrence is mainly associated with clay-like materials and semi-arid Mediterranean climates. This study presents the badland inventory for Paleogene Pazin Basin located on Istrian peninsula in Croatia. A total of 5,381 polygons, a area 10.25 km2, were manually outlined, based visual interpretation orthophotos at scale 1:5,000. The badlands Istria represented as small isolated exclusively flysch flysch-like materials, which cover significant part (46%). analysis shows that spatially not equally distributed but their abundance increasing from NW to SE analyzed area. Additionally, results spatial indicate positive relationship between relative relief, presented via relief-badland index.