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Definition of Claypans
1. claypan [n] - See also: claypan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Claypans
Literary usage of Claypans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mineral Resources of New South Wales by Geological Survey of New South Wales, Edward Fisher Pittman (1901)
"Very large tracts of the north-western district are covered by peculiar deposits
constituting what are known as "Sandhills and claypans," and as these form ..."
2. Journal of the Central Australian Exploring Expedition ...: Logical Sketch by William Henry Tietkens, Ferdinand Muller, Ralph Tate, Henry Yorke Lyell Brown (1891)
"Numerous large claypans full of water sparkled in the bright morning sunlight.
Near the claypans the ground was still soft from the rains, and in one or two ..."
3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"They differ from claypans (qv), in being more regular in outline and deeper
towards the centre, whereas claypans are generally flat-bottomed. ..."
4. A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere by William Berryman Scott (1913)
"... which only occasionally contain water and ordinarily "are shallow, mud-bottomed
or salt-encrusted claypans only." One of these, Lake Calla- bonna, ..."
5. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1902)
"We were three months out on an expedition from Kalgoorlie to the Gulf country,
and fortune had been friendly during that time, leading us to claypans, ..."
6. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies by Charles Prestwood Lucas (1907)
"... and claypans which baffled Sturt, to Innamincka (Cooper's Creek), Haddon
Downs (Diamantina), and Pandie Pandie (Georgina), on the Queensland border, ..."
7. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1900)
"The country is of comparatively slight elevation, consisting of low, thickly
timbered hills, flats, and claypans, or lakes, the reefs for the most part ..."
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