rolling dunes

Undulating desert terrain

Rolling dunes are sand dunes that rise and fall in gentle, wave-like succession across a landscape.

The phrase emphasizes the undulating quality of dune fields rather than individual peaks—the eye moves across them as across swells on the ocean: We drove for miles through rolling dunes before reaching the coast.

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shifting sands · golden · golden hour · wind · ripples · Lawrence of Arabia · undulating · crests · valleys · barren · endless · endless horizon · soft · sunset · camel · camel caravan · oasis · windswept

Opposites
landform stability and permanence

rolling dunesbedrock

Solid stone underground

granite peaks · rocky outcrops · solid rock · volcanic rock

terrain texture and movement quality

rolling dunesjagged peaks

Irregular pointed mountaintops

rugged cliffs · level ground

aridity and environment type

rolling dunesocean waves

Moving ridges of seawater

tropical rainforest · wetlands · fertile valley · river delta · forested mountains

Family

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G