barchann.
/bɑːˈkɑːn/ A crescent-shaped dune of shifting sand such as occur in the deserts of Turkestan. Also attributive.
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1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 511/2 Shifting sands blown into barkhans, or elongated hills, sometimes 50 and 60 feet in height.
1897 Geogr. Jrnl. 9 307 The barchanes, or, as we call them, medanos.
1900 Geogr. Jrnl. 15 24 On the higher portions of the foreland, to leeward and further from the river barchans (or medanos) occur.
1953 Sci. News 27 14 The barchan types [of dune]..found only where the wind is predominantly from a single direction.
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