dune
Beach's sandy hill
A dune is a hill or ridge of sand shaped by wind.
Dunes form along coastlines and in deserts, constantly shifting as wind moves grains from one side to the other.
Beach dunes protect inland areas from storm surges.
The children ran up and down the dunes.
Sand dunes can grow to hundreds of feet tall in places like the Sahara. (Capitalized Dune is the science fiction novel and franchise.)
CGS work unit
- loessWind-deposited silt layer
- sandFine rock particles
- grainsSmall hard seeds
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
quartz · silica · erosion · deposition · geomorphology · deflation · saltation · stratification
Largest hot desert
- ArabianOf the peninsula
- NamibSouthwestern African coastal desert
- GobiCentral Asian arid region
- KalahariSouthern African semi-desert
arid · caravan · camels · nomads · oasis · mirage · sandstorm · haboob
Displaced by gusts
- gustBrief wind surge
- breezeLight, gentle air movement
- sculptedShaped into art
- shiftingChanging position or form
drift · ripple · crest · movement · reshaping · accumulation · lee · airflow
Sandy waterside margin
- shorelineLand-water boundary
- littoralRelating to seashores
- barrier islandSandy strip guarding shoreline
- sea oatsCoastal dune-binding grass
stabilization · erosion · tidal · seashore · cape · sandbar · spit · beachgrass
erg
CGS work unit
sediment · quartz · silica · erosion · deposition · geomorphology · deflation · saltation · stratification · sorting
Sahara
Largest hot desert
Kalahari · arid · caravan · camels · nomads · oasis · mirage · sandstorm · haboob · sirocco
windblown
Displaced by gusts
shifting · drift · ripple · crest · movement · reshaping · accumulation · lee · airflow · turbulence
beach
Sandy waterside margin
- shorelineLand-water boundary
- littoralRelating to seashores
- barrier islandSandy strip guarding shoreline
sea oats · stabilization · erosion · tidal · seashore · cape · sandbar · spit · beachgrass · footprints
sandhill
Mound of accumulated sand
- desertsand, ergs, erg, Sahara, Gobi
- long vowel wordslong a, long e, long i, long o, long u
- earth scienceatmosphere, earthquake, geology, volcano, crust
- Middle EastIraq, Baghdad, Cairo, Iran, Jordan
- African landscapesSahara, Serengeti, savanna, Sahel, Kalahari
- ArabiaSaudi Arabia, Mecca, Medina, Kaaba, Riyadh
- sand duneWind-formed sand mound
- dune buggyOpen vehicle for beaches
dunes, sand dunes, dune buggy, dunning, sand dune, dunelike, duneland, dunelands