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shor|ʃɔː(r)|
[Turki shōr.]
In Turkistan, an elongated saline depression in desert sand.
1888Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 512/1 A feature distinctive of the Turcoman desert is seen in the very numerous shors, or elongated depressions, the lower portions of which are occupied mostly with sand impregnated with brackish water. 1898Geogr. Jrnl. XII. 308 The shors..are seen on the southern border of the Kara-kum sands. 1951N. T. Mirov Geogr. of Russia xv. 155 Lower depressions, so-called sor or shor, equally extensive, are occupied with alkaline soil of the solonchak type. |