sandy dunes
Coastal grain mounds
Sandy dunes are hills or ridges of sand shaped by wind, typically found in deserts or along coastlines.
The phrase is technically redundant—dunes are by definition accumulations of sand—but appears in descriptive writing for emphasis or rhythm: We walked across the sandy dunes toward the beach.
- ergCGS work unit
- saltationMovement by bounds
- sea oatsCoastal dune-binding grass
- beach grassSand-stabilizing coastal plant
- sandboardingDescending dunes on a board
burrowing animals · wind erosion · wind patterns · desertification · nesting sites · microhabitats · shifting sands · wave action · Pacific Ocean · mounds · photography spots · golden hour · beachcombing · sunbaked · rolling hills · climate patterns · endemic species · footprints
- romantic poetry imagerymisty valleys, starry nights, autumn leaves, spring blossoms, dewdrops
sandy dunesrocky outcrops
Exposed stone formations
granite cliffs · ice fields · coral reefs · volcanic rock · glaciers
sandy dunestropical jungle
Dense equatorial forest
dense forest · fertile plains · wetlands · marshland · swampland
sandy duneshardpan
Impenetrable subsurface stratum
rocky outcrops · stone foundations · frozen tundra · concrete slab · packed earth