Sand Dunes
A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand. It typically takes the form of a mound, ridge, or hill. An area with dunes is called a dune system or a dune complex. A large dune complex is called a dune field, while broad, flat regions covered with wind-swept sand or dunes with little or no vegetation are called ergs or sand seas. 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 a shorter slip face in the …
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CMS: Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals · 27 March 2024 English
COP14)/Annex For a detailed explanation of these issues see What is Light and how does Wildlife Perceive it? The Glossary provides a summary of terms used to describe light and …
cloud, rain, dust); site topography (hills, sand dunes, beach orientation, vegetation, buildings); other …
Victorian National Parks Association · 25 March 2024 English
The Clean Energy Investor Group and wind is the focus given the anticipated growth the Renewable Energy Alliance back the need trajectory expected for the offshore wind for biodiversity and …
their exceptional natural values.13 with beaches, sand dunes, cliffs and shore platforms on Victoria’s coastline …
World Bank Group · 15 March 2024 English
advantageo us Bid 01/Dec/20 22 01/May/20 24 W4 Sand dunes rehabilitation and Restoration 1,200,000. …
World Bank Group · 14 March 2024 English
Ecosystem restoration is critical to the global ambition of halting and reversing nature loss. Tremendous efforts have been deployed globally to conserve the remaining rainforests, grasslands, rivers and lakes, reefs …
reef ecosystems, seagrasses, mangroves, and sand dunes across 12 resorts in the Dominican Republic, …
EAC: Centre d'action écologique · 13 March 2024 English
it has reverberations for the areas around it as well.” As organizing efforts to protect the Sandy Lake-Sackville River area intensify, the integration of art and environmental activism is emerging …
Phinney Langley’s all-time favourite quote: white sand dunes and tufts of green beach grass – and making before …
ICZM Platform: Integrated Coastal Zone Management Protocol · 13 March 2024 English
Connected closely to the Mediterranean Egypt / LAKE BARDAWIL France The littoral between Sète and Marseillan To combat erosion and preserve the in France, separating the Thau lagoon delicate coastal …
fortify the rehabilitating 2,000 meters of coastal sand dunes, crucial for separating the dunes within the …
Bureau of Economic Geology · 11 March 2024 English
Texas Gulf Coast
to droughts occurs only locally where active sand dunes migrate across the backbarrier flats and advance … or headland, composed of live-oak-stabilized sand dunes with elevations about 50 ft above mean sea level …
World Bank Group · 8 March 2024 English
advantageo us Bid 01/Dec/20 22 01/May/20 24 W4 Sand dunes rehabilitation and Restoration 1,200,000. …
World Bank Group · 8 March 2024 English
salinization, declining soil fertility, encroaching sand dunes, biodiversity loss, wildfires, illegal land …
World Bank Group · 8 March 2024 English
advantageo us Bid 01/Dec/20 22 01/May/20 24 W4 Sand dunes rehabilitation and Restoration 1,200,000. …
