berm
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Satellite images show that troops started to construct a massive berm - a raised sand barrier - around the perimeter of el-Fasher, sealing off access routes and blocking aid.
From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025
Earlier this year, the militia tightened its hold on El Fasher by walling it off with a sand berm, according to satellite photos published in August by the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
A sandy road wide enough for two cars runs beneath, flanked by a shorter berm on the side nearest to the ruins.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
The group dissects the photo’s cinematic, informal composition, in which Pildas aims down from a berm, the neglected buildings behind the eclectic crew shrinking into the horizon, merging with the sand.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025
Guarded by sheer walls on three sides, its soldiers had only to watch the fourth side, across which was an earthen berm.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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