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Definition of Sastrugi

Sastrugi
Sastrugi Sas*tru"gi Incorrect, but common, var. of Zastrugi.

Meaning of Sastrugi from wikipedia

- Sastrugi, or zastrugi, are features formed by erosion of snow by wind. They are found in polar regions, and in snowy, wind-swept areas of temperate regions...
- metres (10–15 feet) in width and 30 cm to 90 cm (1–3 feet) in depth. SastrugiSastrugi are snow surface features sculpted by wind into ridges and grooves...
- the Chopicalqui (6.345 m) in the Andes in Peru List of climbing topics Sastrugi Wilhelm Welzenbach: Untersuchungen über die Stratigraphie der Schneeablagerung...
- of the world. Sastrugi Press. 2014. ISBN 978-0-9960206-0-2. Jackson Hole Total Eclipse Guide, Commemorative Official Guidebook. Sastrugi Press. 2016....
- Fresh snow beginning to metamorphose: The surface shows wind ****ng and sastrugi. In the foreground are **** frost crystals, formed by refrozen water vapor...
- the BrAE, 1910-13, and so named by them because of large and extensive sastrugi that impeded the travel of this party in approaching the point. 74°37′S...
- on the mountain includes both snow-covered and ice-covered areas, with sastrugi and other wind-roughened surfaces. The cold dry polar environment ****s...
- languages, like firn (German), névé (French), penitentes (Spanish) and sastrugi (Russian). Whorf, Benjamin Lee. 1949. "Science and Linguistics" Reprinted...
- hardened, wind-swept snow surfaces, such as the Antarctic Plateau: see sastrugi. In sand and rock, they are rarely preserved except in arid regions. Outside...
- Park and Preserve – American national park in Colorado, United States Sastrugi, also known as Zastruga – Sharp irregular grooves or ridges formed on a...