Sand dune definition

Sand dune means a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind and commonly found on the seacoast.
Sand dune means a rounded hill or ridge of loose, gritty grains of disintegrated rock heaped up by the wind. A sand dune may not be covered by vegetation or trees.

Examples of Sand dune in a sentence

  • Appendix E – Table Showing How Conservation Measures Can Reduce and/or Eliminate Threats to the Lesser Prairie-Chicken and Sand Dune Lizard Threat Overall Threat Level Conservation Measures Used to Address Threat Sand dune lizard Habitat Loss, Fragmentation, Degradation High No surface occupancy within 200 meters of dune complexes.

  • The Sand dune lizard Sceloporus arenicolus and oil and gas development in southeastern New Mexico.

  • The Stockton Sand dune is actively migrating towards the proposed development rezoning footprint for the Rifle Range site [add reference & diag].