thumb|235px|A view of some of the Fajã dos Vimes in the municipality of Calheta ' (, of unknown etymology) is a Portuguese term of obscure origin used to describe supratidal talus at the foot of coastal cliffs, caused by landslides or lava flows. Although relatively common world-wide, they are distinctive features of the Azores and Madeira, as well as of the Canary Islands, where the equivalent term in Canarian Spanish is ' (). The term also designates a small flat piece of land, generally cultivable and located by the sea, formed of materials fallen from cliffs. Another Canarian word for lava
thumb|235px|A view of some of the Fajã dos Vimes in the municipality of Calheta ' (, of unknown etymology) is a Portuguese term of obscure origin used to describe supratidal talus at the foot of coastal cliffs, caused by landslides or lava flows. Although relatively common world-wide, they are distinctive features of the Azores and Madeira, as well as of the Canary Islands, where the equivalent term in Canarian Spanish is ' (). The term also designates a small flat piece of land, generally cultivable and located by the sea, formed of materials fallen from cliffs. Another Canarian word for lava is , literally, "low island".
==Geology== 235px|thumb|The Detritus (geology)|detritic platform of , with its emblematic [[lagoon]] 235px|thumb|View of Fajana de Franceses, in the island of La Palma, Spain. thumb|In this satellite view of the 2021 Cumbre Vieja eruption in La Palma, the [[lava flow falls from the cliffs on the west into the Atlantic and forms a lava delta as a .]] Fajãs are created from collapsing cliffs or lava flows and are identifiable along the coast as "flat" surfaces, relative to other geological forms. Tides and tidal currents have only minor influence on coastal morphology, and therefore sedimentation and deposits there became permanent.
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