dune
IPA: dˈun
noun
- (geomorphology) A ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind.
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Examples of "dune" in Sentences
- The camels stroll the sand dunes.
- Dunes have a vortex in the lee side of the dune.
- Pathways lead through the dunes and to the beach.
- Its habitat is the windy sand dunes of the island.
- The dunes are located at the top of the backshore.
- In effect, he cannot tell a sand dune from a sandworm.
- 11: 27 AM happyseaurchin said ... dune is astounding ...
- The Pinacate Desert is home to the largest sand dunes of the Americas.
- Juniper trees growing in the dunes are constantly shifting with the sands.
- Foggy and sunny days intermingle around the humid sand dunes most of the year.
- The sand dune marram grass has rolled leaves with stomata on the inner surface.
- The wave also recalls the surf and sand dunes of the area as seen from the sea.
- Now, any dictionary or Scotchman will tell you that a dune is a hill of loose sand.
- That tee, once 60 yards from the edge of the dune, is now just two yards from a 40-foot drop into the ocean.
- Whether you want to ride the dunes in dune buggies or tear them up with an ATV, this park will accommodate your needs.
- Lyle Compton had called the dune-dwellers a giddy bunch, and their chitchat about UFOs and horoscopes confirmed that opinion.
- I saw them a couple weeks ago at CMJ, learned how to pronounce their name dune-yen, not dungeon, and found them strangely entertaining.
- At the foot of the dune were the Shipwreck Tavern and other commercial buildings built of logs, or concrete cast and painted to resemble logs.
- "Minister van Schalkwyk's commitment addresses the potential impact of two proposed projects on Pondoland, namely dune mining along the coast, and the construction of the N2 toll road," he said.
- This contact between the Kayenta Formation and Navajo Sandstone illustrates the local switch from a fluvial environment, periodically inundated with tongues of sand erg deposits, to a permanent onset of long term dune activity
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