Buran (Wind)
The Buran is a very strong storm blowing from the northeast, especially in the steppe and desert areas in northwest China's Xinjiang, on the lower Volga, Kazakhstan and Western Siberia.
There are two types:
- The Sommerburan, a sandstorm is oppressively hot and imports large quantities of dust or sand to. In the deserts of Lop Nor and Taklamakan it is also called Kara buran ( = black Buran ).
- The Winterburan other hand, is icy cold and swirls on especially snow and transported them further.
From the Winterburan the name is derived from the space shuttle Buran.