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2. Dune - Wikipedia

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   A large dune complex is called a dune field, [7] while broad, flat regions covered with wind-swept sand or dunes, with little or no vegetation, are called ergs or sand seas. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Dunes occur in different shapes and sizes, but most kinds of dunes are longer on the stoss (upflow) side, where the sand is pushed up the dune, and have ...

3. Barrier island - Wikipedia

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   They are located at the top of the backshore. The dunes will display characteristics of typical aeolian wind-blown dunes. The difference is that dunes on a barrier island typically contain coastal vegetation roots and marine bioturbation. Lagoon and tidal flats. The lagoon and tidal flat area is located behind the dune and backshore area. Here ...

4. Cliff-top dune - Wikipedia

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   a dune advances up a pre-existing slope, which is then eroded to form a cliff; a dune forms during a period of high sea level, then sea level drops, exposing a cliff face. They are most often seen as coastal landforms, but can also occur along lakes and rivers, and in deserts.

5. Wealthy Massachusetts homeowners spent half a million dollars ...

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   The concerned group in Salisbury Beach pooled together about $560,000, which they paid for out of pocket, and trucked in over 14,000 tons of sand to build a protective dune around several of the ...

6. Beach - Wikipedia

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   The removal of sediment from the beach berm and dune thus decreases the beach profile. If storms coincide with unusually high tides, or with a freak wave event such as a tidal surge or tsunami which causes significant coastal flooding, substantial quantities of material may be eroded from the coastal plain or dunes behind the berm by receding ...

7. Marine habitat - Wikipedia

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   Beyond the high tide mark, if the beach is low-lying, the wind can form rolling hills of sand dunes. Small dunes shift and reshape under the influence of the wind while larger dunes stabilise the sand with vegetation. [33] Ocean processes grade loose sediments to particle sizes other than sand, such as gravel or cobbles.

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   The AOL.com video experience serves up the best video content from AOL and around the web, curating informative and entertaining snackable videos.

9. Why are Ohioans called buckeyes? The term was once an insult

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   Early pioneers in the Ohio Valley were already known as buckeyes when Dr. Daniel Drake, a physician and historian in Cincinnati, presented a speech on Dec. 26, 1833, extolling the virtues of the ...