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gilgai

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡɪlɡʌɪ/Sorted aggiilStarts with GEnds with I0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A small concavity or depression between ridges, where rainwater gathers.

Word origin

Borrowed from Gamilaraay gilgaay (“small water hole”).

Used in a sentence

  • Though it wasn′t a heavy storm it was enough to put water in gilgai holes and scatter the horses.
  • Argilliturbation is manifested within Vertisol profiles and on the surface as gilgai microtopography, with relief exceeding commonly 15 cm (Fig. 10.35).
  • One of its most remarkable features is its patterns of gilgai. The gilgais are small, almost circular depressions from a few centimetres to as much as 50 cm deep in the plain and several metres across.

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