Yardang
id:
yardang-181-18961627
title:
Yardang
text:
A yardang is a streamlined protuberance carved from bedrock or any consolidated or semiconsolidated material by the dual action of wind abrasion by dust and sand and deflation. Yardangs become elongated features typically three or more times longer than wide, and when viewed from above, resemble the hull of a boat. Facing the wind is a steep, blunt face that gradually gets lower and narrower toward the lee end. Yardangs are formed by wind erosion, typically of an originally flat surface formed f
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Streamlined aeolian landform
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yardang
date created:
2004-08-12T00:56:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T01:11:53Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Yardang_Lea-Yoakum_Dunes.jpg","width":601,"height":391}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16