sand dune

noun

: a hill of sand near an ocean or in a desert that is formed by the wind

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Go hiking, hand gliding, or sand boarding at Jockey’s Ridge State Park, home to the tallest living sand dune system on the Atlantic coast. Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 23 Mar. 2025 See it In Iran, a piece of wood found sticking out of a sand dune was identified as part of a century-old shipwreck. Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025 Covered in salt marshes, sand dune ridges, and winding tidal creeks, the wild habitat is home to all kinds of native plants and animals. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025 In the autumn of 2003, the remains of a wooden ship emerged from beneath a sand dune north of the Iranian village of Zaghemarz, which was later excavated over the course of two seasons by a team of archaeologists. Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for sand dune

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“Sand dune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sand%20dune. Accessed 12 May. 2025.

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