sand drift
Desert's shifting mound
Sand drift is the movement of sand particles carried by wind, or the accumulation that results from such movement.
Like snowdrifts, sand drifts pile up against obstacles—fences, walls, vegetation—creating mounds and ridges.
Sand drift had buried the fence posts.
The term applies both to the process and to the deposited formation itself.
- saltationMovement by bounds
- grain sizeParticle dimension measurement
- blowoutsDecisive one-sided wins
- deflationSustained decrease in prices
- ripplesSmall surface undulations
shifting sands · swales · erosion · dunes · desertification · windblown · dust devil · wind patterns · desert wind · abrasion · berms · suspension · sandbars · dry riverbed · coastal erosion · beach erosion · sedimentation · deposition
- drift
- wind erosionwind erosion, deflation, abrasion, saltation, sandblasting
- desertdune, dunes, ergs, erg, Sahara
- airborne particlesdust particles, dust, particulates, aerosol, particulate matter
- dunesblowout, crests, dune formation, coastal dunes, erg