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Record 1 2021-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Desertification
DEF

A dominant relatively pyramidal sand dune consisting of a star-shaped network of sinuous crests that circumscribe cauldron blowouts.

OBS

Star dunes are not mobile.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Désertification
DEF

Dune dominante, plus ou moins pyramidale, caractérisée par un réseau étoilé de crêtes sinueuses qui circonscrivent des chaudrons […]

OBS

Le ghourd est une dune immobile.

OBS

ghourd : Les formes au pluriel sont «oghroud» et «ghourds».

Key term(s)
  • ghourds
  • oghroud

Spanish

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