sastrugi
[ să-strōō′gə, sä′strə- ]
Long, wavelike ridges of snow, formed by the wind and found on the polar plains. Sastrugi are usually up to several meters high and are often parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
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How to use sastrugi in a sentence
The effect of constant abrasion upon the snow's surface is to harden it, and, finally, to carve ridges known as sastrugi.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonThus on the 25th it was 10 A.M. before we got away in a strong wind, with flying snow, across fields of sastrugi.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonThe surface, too, grew worse; nothing but sastrugi eighteen inches to thirty inches high and very close together.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawsonsastrugi, only six inches high, seen on the 26th, showed the effects of wind-erosion exquisitely.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonThe country changed in a wonderful manner, the sastrugi gradually becoming smaller and finally disappearing.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
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