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A '''barkhan''' was, in the words of [[Susan Foreman]], a "distinctive type of crescent-shaped [[Sahara Desert|Saharan]] [[sand]] dune". She was already familiar with the dune type from | A '''barkhan''' was, in the words of [[Susan Foreman]], a "distinctive type of crescent-shaped [[Sahara Desert|Saharan]] [[sand]] dune". She was already familiar with the dune type from seeing ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' by the time her [[geography]] [[teacher]] Mr [[Grange]] made his [[Coal Hill School]] class draw diagrams of one on [[29 March]] [[1963]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and Relative (novel)|Time and Relative]]'') | ||
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Revision as of 08:18, 14 July 2013
A barkhan was, in the words of Susan Foreman, a "distinctive type of crescent-shaped Saharan sand dune". She was already familiar with the dune type from seeing Lawrence of Arabia by the time her geography teacher Mr Grange made his Coal Hill School class draw diagrams of one on 29 March 1963. (PROSE: Time and Relative)
