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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. Sabkha - Wikipedia

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   A sabkha (Arabic: سبخة) is a predominately coastal, supratidal mudflat or sandflat in which evaporite-saline minerals accumulate as the result of semiarid to arid climate. Sabkhas are gradational between land and intertidal zone within restricted coastal plains just above normal high-tide level. Within a sabkha, evaporite-saline minerals ...

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. Shoal - Wikipedia

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   Shoals can appear as a coastal landform in the sea, where they are classified as a type of ocean bank, or as fluvial landforms in rivers, streams, and lakes. A shoal–sandbar may seasonally separate a smaller body of water from the sea, such as: Marine lagoons; Brackish water estuaries; Freshwater seasonal stream and river mouths and deltas.

6. 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 ...

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8. 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 ...

9. Sand dune stabilization - Wikipedia

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   Coastal dune systems are mainly controlled by a principal natural process called the sediment supply and transport system. This system consists of an offshore zone (sediment bank), transit zone (beach and active foredune) and a resting zone (stable sand dunes).