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yardang [′yär‚daŋ]
(geology)
A long, irregular ridge with a sharp crest sited between two round-bottomed troughs that have been carved by wind erosion in a desert region.


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New HiRISE images reveal surface texture and fine-scale features that are giving scientists insight on how yardangs form.
Much of the formation's terrain is covered with wind-sculpted hills called yardangs, a sign that the exposed material erodes easily, says Watters.
Linking the Antelope Valley and Earth's closest neighboring planet are geological curiosities called yardangs or fossilized sand dunes - elongated, streamlined hills carved out by the wind that clustered on one edge of the dry lake bed.
 
 
 
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