Look up: dune

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   dune
   [n] - a ridge of sand created by the wind
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   dune
   ridge or mound of sand or fine loose earth and pulverised rock built up by the wind or by water currents Category: Management in the public and private sector • mound,ridge or small hill of drifted sand HYDROGRAPHIC DICTIONARY Category: General • a sand wave of approximately triangular cross section(in a vertical plane in the direction of flow)with gentle upstream slope and...
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   Dune
   Dune noun [ The same word as down : confer Dutch duin . See Down a bank of sand.] A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds. [ Written also dun .] « Three great rivers, the Rhine, the Meuse, and the Scheldt, had deposited their slime for ages among the dunes or sand banks heaved up by the oce ...
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   dune
   sand dune noun a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans
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   Dune
   In physical geography, a `dune` is a hill of sand built by eolian processes. Dunes are subject to different forms and sizes based on their interaction with the wind. Most kinds of dune are longer on the windward side where the sand is pushed up the dune, and a shorter `slip face` in the lee of the wind. The `valley` or trough between dunes is called a `slack.` A `dune field` is an area covered by extensive sand dunes. Large dune fields are known ...
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   Dune
   • (n.) A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds.
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   Dune
   (from the article `Herbert, Frank`) ...to write full-time, Herbert held a variety of jobs while writing socially engaged science fiction. He was working as a journalist when his ...
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   Dune
   (1) Stream bed deposit found streams whose channel is composed mainly of sand and silt. Dunes are about 10 or more centimeters in height and are spaced a meter or more apart and are common in streams with high velocities. (2) Terrestrial deposit of sand that resembles a mound or ridge that was formed from aeolian processes. Also see sand dune.
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   dune
   Imperial Sand Dunes – the largest mass of sand dunes in California. This dune system extends for more than 40 miles along the eastern edge of the Imperial Valley agricultural region in a band averaging five miles in width. Credit: BLM A hillock of sand built up by a prevailing wind, found ...
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    dune
    dune, mound or ridge of wind-blown sand formed in arid regions and along coasts. Dunes are common in most of the great deserts of the world. Often a dune begins to form because material is deposited by the wind as it encounters a bush, a rock, or other obstacle to impede its flow. Dunes that are not...
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