Definition of Ventifact. Meaning of Ventifact. Synonyms of Ventifact

- A ventifact (also wind-faceted stone, windkanter) is a rock that has been abraded, pitted, etched, grooved, or polished by wind-driven sand or ice crystals...
- ventifacts. Sharp edges of ventifacts called Kanters are formed when two or more facets (planar surfaces) intersect. Open grooves in the ventifacts are...
- cobbles that are well polished by the wind and cut into ventifacts. The ****s are covered by ventifacts, suggesting the name, and are located just east of...
- A dreikanter is a type of ventifact that typically forms in desert or periglacial environments due to the abrasive action of blowing sand. Dreikanters...
- Sandhill – Type of ecological community or xeric wildfire-maintained ecosystem Ventifact – Rock that has been eroded by wind-driven sand or ice crystals Desert...
- Sandhill – Type of ecological community or xeric wildfire-maintained ecosystem Ventifact – Rock that has been eroded by wind-driven sand or ice crystals Yardang –...
- Valley, Russia Aeolian processes Hoodoo (geology) Precarious boulder Ventifact The Facts on File. Earth Science Handbook Ciudad Encantada - Visitor information...
- cream. It has m****ive chalk rock formations that are textbook examples of ventifact and which have been created as a result of occasional sandstorm in the...
- rock instead of sand Saltation (geology) – Particle transport by fluids Ventifact – Rock that has been eroded by wind-driven sand or ice crystals "Hamada...
- A rock formation on Bear Rocks showing ventifact etching due to the high winds present.[citation needed]...