13 TermsHome > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Barchan dune
Barchan dune
Crescent shaped sand dune that has its long axis transverse to the wind and its crescent tips pointed downwind.
This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
0
Improve it
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s):
- Blossary:
- Industry/Domain: Geography
- Category: Physical geography
- Company:
- Product:
- Acronym-Abbreviation:
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
Tornado naming
The act of naming tornadoes so that they can be more efficiently forecast, tracked and reported. Unlike hurricanes, tornadoes don't presently have ...
Contributor
Featured blossaries
Browers Terms By Category
- Wedding gowns(129)
- Wedding cake(34)
- Grooms(34)
- Wedding florals(25)
- Royal wedding(21)
- Honeymoons(5)
Weddings(254) Terms
- Characters(952)
- Fighting games(83)
- Shmups(77)
- General gaming(72)
- MMO(70)
- Rhythm games(62)
Video games(1405) Terms
- Bridge(5007)
- Plumbing(1082)
- Carpentry(559)
- Architecture(556)
- Flooring(503)
- Home remodeling(421)
Construction(10757) Terms
- General accounting(956)
- Auditing(714)
- Tax(314)
- Payroll(302)
- Property(1)