Usually means: Crescent-shaped, mobile sand dune.
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  1. barchan: Merriam-Webster
  2. barchan: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. barchan: Collins English Dictionary
  4. barchan: Wordnik
  5. barchan: Wiktionary
  6. barchan: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. barchan: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. barchan: Dictionary.com
  9. Barchan: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. barchan: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. barchan: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (barchan)

▸ noun:  An arc-shaped sand ridge comprising well-sorted sand.

Similar:
barchane, Barkan, sandbar, sand bar, sandridge, berm, Ayre, sandheap, sand break, sandbreak, more...

Opposite:
parabolic, parabola

Phrases:
barchan dune, more...

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Similar:
barchane, Barkan, sandbar, sand bar, sandridge, berm, Ayre, sandheap, sand break, sandbreak, more...

Opposite:
parabolic, parabola

Phrases:
barchan dune, more...



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