Over the stone wall we looked down at the stretch of sand by the lake.
Entire villages in China's north have been lost, submerged in sand by the encroaching desert.
The walker had to be pulled from the waterlogged mix of mud and sand by Dorset Fire Service on Friday.
And the sand carried by the people we met on the road was to help build a chicken shed.
Girguam Chowpattty is the next stop for a late-afternoon amble along a beautiful swathe of sand edged by sparkling (if toxic) sea and backed by the Mumbai skyline.
In northern Indiana on Tuesday, sand whipped by high winds spawned by the far-reaching storm forced cancellation of classes at one school, the Associated Press reported.
Delivering the homily of his first Mass as leader of the worlds 1.2 billion Catholics, Pope Francis ended his remarks with a call to reconstruction of the church, which he said is in danger of being like a house of sand built by children on a beach.
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Puglia's other most inspirational stretch lies between Otranto and Santa Maria de Leuca, interspersing dramatic rocks washed by translucent waters and soft-sand beaches backed by shady forests, where the cri-cri of the cicale (crickets) almost deafens in summer.
The main island, Apo Island -- not to be confused with the better known island of the same name off the island of Negros in the central Philippines -- is a palm-fringed beauty, ringed by golden sand and home to an emerald-green interior lagoon embraced by mangroves.
Ibusuki is legendary for its sunamushi onsen, dry sand baths heated by subterranean lava.
Aubergines sit on small piles of sand, surrounded by instructions for their care and propagation.
Set in an area of outstanding natural beauty, Brancaster beach is backed by sand dunes and a golf course.
The Reno, Nev. and Orlando, Fla. metros follow Lakeland, and most of the list is populated by Sand State cities.
If, for instance, the mother has nothing to eat but sand, the child should eat sand and remain by her side.
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Sand dunes in a Cornish village need urgent management to protect properties from sand blown in by high winds, residents have warned.
Pictures taken by divers show the cannon were barely covered by sand.
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Inland area have not been immune, with the county council confirming Laughton Road near Gainsborough had been blocked by sand blown from nearby fields.
Beachrock: ledges of rock formed within the body of the beach consisting of sand grains cemented by calcium carbonate and formed by chemical processes.
The beach is sheltered by sand dunes overgrown with juniper bushes, and at one point runs between the sea and a saltwater lagoon that is often home to flocks of flamingos.
Every grain of sand washed away by rain from mountains and from the land finally reaches these obstacles called dams which we built across rivers and remains there, diminishing further the water storage capacity of dams.
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In the spring, tourists come from all over the world to see the natural wonders: crystalline salt popping out of the ground, sand dunes surrounded by mountains, vibrantly colored, unearthly-looking rock formations and, if there's been enough rain, blooming wildflowers.
Across the bay, fancy yachts and speed boats crowd the shores of the Ilha, a once almost deserted strip of sand used mainly by poor fishermen, on which smart restaurants and nightclubs for the new elite are now springing up.
However, standing in one of the country's 30 solar plants -- overlooked by sand dunes on all sides, Dawoud tells CNN that he hopes that solar technology may eventually offer a viable alternative energy source to power the UAE's huge desalination needs.
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The sand helps sea defences by reducing the impact of the waves on the promenade.
Coastal ponds are usually separated from the sea by a sand dune a few metres high.
Berm crest: ridge of sand or gravel deposited by wave action on the shore just above the normal high water mark.
The event, which is part of Bournemouth Arts Festival, will be opened by world sand sculptor and creator of Sandworld in Weymouth, Mark Anderson.
The sand has been dredged by boat from a sandbank 20 miles (32km) out to sea, then pumped onto Colwyn Bay beach through a pipeline.
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