Meaning of zastruga | Babel Free

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Variante de sastruga : ondulation que le vent crée à la surface de la neige.

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“Later winds, if of sufficient force⟳, will erode away the kalutoqaniq, producing sculptured forms which have⟳ great beauty but which are exceeding difficult to traverse. The sculpturings are widely known by the terms zastrugi (Russian) or skavler (Norwegian), but are more accurately known as kaioqlaq (Eskimo [Inuit]). Zastrugi or skavler refer⟳ to surface sculpturings in general. Kaioqlaq refers to large, hard sculpturings while the word tumarinyiq (Eskimo [Inuit]) refers to small zastrugi or "ripple marks."”

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