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Definition of Barchans
1. barchan [n] - See also: barchan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barchans
Literary usage of Barchans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1900)
"It is, however, not difficult to imagine that in some cases barchans may be
residual forms. Thus, if the wind continued to blow away the sand from the spot ..."
2. Planet Geographyby Stephen Codrington by Stephen Codrington (2005)
"barchans are crescent-shaped sand dunes. The wings (or horns) point away from the
... barchans form on hard, flat surfaces, where there is a limited sand ..."
3. Characteristics of Existing Glaciers by William Herbert Hobbs (1911)
"88 a). Cornish has realized the full importance of snow-blast erosion in modifying
the form of snow drifts. His barchans of erosion, in plan resemble the ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1910)
"His barchans of erosion, in plan resemble the ... barchans in snow, a, of
deposition; b, of erosion (after Cornish). Some facts of importance which concern ..."
5. Earth Features and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Geology for the Student by William Herbert Hobbs (1912)
"View of desert barchans (after Haug). aed at the angle of repose. The barchan is
shaped by the going both over and around the dune, constantly removing from ..."
6. Across Coveted Lands: Or, A Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1902)
"All single sand hills, however, whether barchans, conical, semi-spherical, or of
more irregular shapes, are invariably caused by a ..."
7. American Journal of Philology by Project Muse, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"... mater' means 'mulier Thessala barchans'; cp. Ov. Her. XIII 35; Met. XI 69;
Verg Geor. IV 520.—Pp. 306-7. P. Menge. Zu Caesar BG. ..."
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