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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
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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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