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0492 Scientific Results of a Journey in Central Asia, 1899-1902 : vol.1
Scientific Results of a Journey in Central Asia, 1899-1902 : vol.1 / Page 492 (Grayscale High Resolution Image)

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[Figure] Fig. 318 SKETCH OF BAJIR NO. 15, 16, 17, 18 AND PART OF 19. VERTICAL SECTION FROM 1) NNE. TO SSW. 2) FROM ESE. TO WNW.

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366   THE TSCHERTSCHEN DESERT.

sequence of its lighter consistency, it foams as it falls, that is the wave breaks away from its crest and plunges down into the trough to the leeward. The sand-waves disseminate themselves over the desert towards the west in concentric circles, cor-

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Fig. 318. SKETCH OF BAJIRS NO. 15, x6, 17, I8 AND PART OF 19. VERTICAL SECTIONS FROM
I) NNE. TO SSW. AND 2) FROM ESE. TO WNW.

responding to the ripples which arise on the surface of a tranquil pond when you fling a stone in. Here too the waves follow one another, and diminish in force in proportion as they travel away from their source, though indeed they speedily come

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