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barchane

barchane is the alternative spelling of barchan.

Meaning of barchan

Noun

barchan (plural barchans)

  1. (also, attributive) An arc-shaped shifting sand dune comprising well-sorted (uniformly sized) sand.
    • The sand is usually very well sorted in barchans, for it is constantly re-worked as the dune 'marches'. The marching also causes cross-bedding inside the barchan, with a dip parallel to the sand-fall face.1966, E[dwin] S[herbon] Hills, C[liff] D. Ollier, C[harles] R[owland] Twidale, “Geomorphology”, in E. S. Hills, editor, Arid Lands: A Geographical Appraisal (Routledge Revivals), New York, N.Y....

Forms of barchane

pluralbarchanes

Questions about barchane

What is barchane the alternative spelling of?
Barchane is the alternative spelling of barchan.

Words near barchane in the dictionary

  1. Barcena
  2. Barcenaga
  3. Barcenas
  4. Barch
  5. barchan
  6. barchane
  7. barchanes
  8. barchanoid
  9. barchans
  10. barchart
  11. barcharts

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