dust storm
dust storm
dust storm
dust′ storm`
or dust′storm`,
n.
| Noun | 1. |  dust storm - a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand; "it was the kind of duster not experienced in years" |
n.
dust storm
dust storm
[′dəst ‚stȯrm]Dust Storm
a strong wind capable of transporting millions of tons of dust over distances of several thousand kilometers. Dust storms usually develop during warm periods of the year in deserts, semideserts, and arable plains when the soil is dry and vegetation is either weakly developed or absent. They occur in such countries as the USA, China, Egypt, and the USSR (in the southern Ukraine, Northern Caucasus, and the plains regions of Kazakhstan and Middle Asia). Particularly violent dust storms arise when land is inefficiently plowed. Dust storms cause enormous losses to agriculture by covering up young crops and destroying the soil’s surface layer over considerable areas. They also leave drifts on railroad tracks. Dust storms may be somewhat controlled by employing agrotechnical measures, for example, by planting shelterbelts and by retaining water and snow.
dust storm
See dust storm
dust storm
- noun
Synonyms for dust storm
noun a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand
Synonyms
- duster
- sandstorm
- sirocco
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