Hamada (浜田) is a common Japanese surname, and can be found in other contexts as well.

People

• Shoji Hamada, a Japanese potter and Living National Treasure
• Hλlna, aka Haruna Hamada, a Japanese singer
• Bernadette Baraquio Hamada, an American journalist from Hawaii
• Damian Hamada, a Japanese guitarist
• Gran Hamada, a Japanese professional wrestler
• Hamada Helal, an Egyptian singer
• Hamada Jambay, a French-Malagasy football player
• Hamada Kagetaka, samurai retainer to the Date clan
• Hamada Madi, a former Prime Minister of Comoros
• Masatoshi Hamada, a Japanese television host and comedian
• Masayoshi Hamada, a Japanese politician
• Mido Hamada, a German-Egyptian actor
• Robert Hamada (professor), Professor of Finance at University of Chicago
• Robert Hamada (woodworker), a Hawaiian woodturner
• Shōgo Hamada, a Japanese singer-songwriter
• Shōko Hamada, a Japanese gravure idol
• Yasutaka Hamada, a Japanese racecar driver
• Hamada AbdElRahman, an Egyptian lecturer, [Cairo University]

Other

• Hamada, in Arabic (همادة), is a particular type of barren desert area.
• Hamada, Shimane, a city in Japan's Shimane Prefecture
• Rikuzen-Hamada Station, a rail station in Shiogama, Miyagi, Japan
• Taraka hamada, scientific name for a species of Indian butterfly

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Extended Definition: HAMADA

Hamada

Cyclists crossing hamada, approaching Erg Chebbi sand dunes, Morocco

A hamada (Arabic, حمادة ḥammāda) is a type of desert landscape consisting of largely barren, hard, rocky plateaus, with very little sand.^[1] A hamada may sometimes also be called a reg, though this more properly refers to a stony plain rather than a highland.^[2]

Hamadas exist in contrast to ergs, which are large areas of shifting sand dunes.^[3]

The world's largest hamada is the Hamada du Draa^{[citation needed]}, in the north-west Sahara desert, between Morocco, Algeria and Western Sahara. Hamada areas forms 70% of the Sahara desert.^{[citation needed]}

References

McKnight, Tom L. and Darrel Hess. Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation, 8th ed., pp. 495-6. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc. 2005. (ISBN 0-13-145139-1)

1. Geological dictionary, definition of a hamada.
2. Geological dictionary, definition of reg.
3. Geological dictionary, definition of erg.

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