Definition of Sastruga

1. Noun. Any of a series of long, wavelike ridges or grooves formed on a snow surface by the wind, especially in polar plains. ¹

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Definition of Sastruga

1. a ridge of snow formed by the wind in polar regions [n -GI]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sastruga

sastruga (current term)
sastrugi
sat
sat-nav
sat-navs
sat around
sat down
sat in
sat nav
sat navs
sat on it
sat on the fence
sat out
sat still
sat up

Literary usage of Sastruga

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822 by Ferdinand Petrovich Wrangel, Edward Sabine (1842)
"It often happens that the true, permanent sastruga has been covered by another produced by temporary winds ; but the traveller is not to be deceived thereby ..."

2. Deutsche geographische Blätter by Geographische Gesellschaft in Bremen (1886)
"... Richtung wieder einzuschlagen, eine alte „ sastruga" auf und sucht seinen Kurs durch Vergleichung derselben mit den neugebildeten zu bestimmen. ..."

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