zastruga
/zəˈstruɡə/
noun
- A long, wavelike ridge of snow formed by the wind on a flat snow surface, common in polar or windy regions.
- Wind carved a series of zastruga patterns across the frozen tundra.
- The explorers had to navigate carefully around the sharp zastruga ridges.
- The skier struggled to cross the deep zastruga on the glacier.
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