sandhills
Grass-covered sandy terrain
Sandhills are areas of terrain characterized by rolling dunes or hills of sand, often stabilized by grass or sparse vegetation.
The term appears in several U.S. place names—most notably the Sand Hills of Nebraska, a vast grass-covered dune region, and the Sandhills of the Carolinas, a belt of ancient coastal sediment.
We drove through the sandhills at sunset.
Moving in waves
- rollingTurning over repeatedly
- dunesWind-formed sand ridges
- ridgesNarrow elevated formations
- hummocksLow rounded earth mounds
mounds · crests · troughs · blowouts · swales · contours · rippling · wavelike
Wind-formed sand ridges
- beachSandy waterside margin
- foreduneFirst dune from shore
- backduneSandhill behind foredune
- anchoringFastening securely to position
stabilization · erosion · shoreline · wind · maritime · tidal · Carolina
Open grassy flatland
- grasslandTreeless herb-covered ecosystem
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
- marshesWaterlogged land with grasses
- meadowsGrassland for grazing
habitat · biodiversity · flora · fauna · wildlife · wildflowers · waterfowl · deer
Third-century Roman martyr
- ranchLivestock-raising estate
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
- frontierEdge of settlement
homestead · windmill · cowboy · rural · remote · migration · heartland
Groundwater-bearing geological formation
- PleistoceneAncient glacial geological period
- HoloceneCurrent geological epoch
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- aeolianCaused by moving air
windblown · glacial · outwash · groundwater · recharge · erosion · deposition · loess
undulating
Moving in waves
hummocks · mounds · crests · troughs · blowouts · swales · contours · rippling · wavelike · windswept
dunes
Wind-formed sand ridges
anchoring · stabilization · erosion · shoreline · wind · maritime · tidal · Carolina
prairie
Open grassy flatland
- grasslandTreeless herb-covered ecosystem
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
- marshesWaterlogged land with grasses
meadows · habitat · biodiversity · flora · fauna · wildlife · wildflowers · waterfowl · deer · coyote
Valentine
Third-century Roman martyr
- ranchLivestock-raising estate
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
frontier · homestead · windmill · cowboy · rural · remote · migration · heartland
aquifer
Groundwater-bearing geological formation
- PleistoceneAncient glacial geological period
- HoloceneCurrent geological epoch
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
aeolian · windblown · glacial · outwash · groundwater · recharge · erosion · deposition · loess · paleontology
- Plainswheat fields, grain elevators, windmills, silos, grain silos
- sand dunesdunes, dune, White Sands, coastal dunes, beach dunes
- Carolina NatureOuter Banks, Blue Ridge, Cape Hatteras, Piedmont, Great Smoky Mountains
- Great PlainsGreat Plains, high plains, High Plains, grassland, grasslands
- High Plainsshortgrass prairie, grassland, prairie dog, buffalo grass, wheat fields
- North DakotaBismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks, Badlands, Red River
sandhillsgranite peaks
Rocky mountain summits
bedrock · limestone cliffs · volcanic rock · coral reefs · boulder fields
sandhillsmountains
Tall elevated landmasses
mountain ranges · peaks · highlands · mountain chains · high country
- sandhill craneLarge gray wading bird