barchan

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von barchan im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

(Coğrafya) Yarımay şeklinde hareket eden çöl kumulu

barkan

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von barchan im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

An arc-shaped sand ridge comprised of well-sorted sand

The structure out here was revealed immediately—desert punctuated by oases in a geography of cruelty, barkhans or traveling sand-dunes a hundred feet high, which might or might not possess consciousness.

(Coğrafya) A crescent-shaped shifting sand dune, as found in the deserts of Turkestan

Silbentrennung

bar·chan

Etymologie

[ (")bär-'kän, -'[k ] (noun.) 1888. From Russian бархан, from Kazakh бархан.