Dune: accumulations of wind-blown sand in ridges or mounds that lie landward of the beach and usually parallel to the shoreline.

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The trees, donated by members of the public, will help to slow the wind, cause sand to be deposited and allow the shrinking dunes to grow.

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When the wind from the west meets the wind from the east, the sand is pushed upward like the ocean waves the dunes resemble.

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Cattle browsed in the grass, and the distinctive call of a sandhill crane carried on the wind that flowed down from ancient sand dunes in the distance.

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The Naughty Dog developers like a good technical and artistic challenge, and creating and rendering realistic-looking sand (in dunes, blowing in the wind, etc.) is no easy feat.

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One of the reasons why Plakias and other southern getaways have remained relatively immune from mass tourism is the terrific summer wind that roars through everything, pelting beach-goers with sand and whipping up whitecaps on the sea.

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The Environment Agency is taking separate action to protect sand dune flood defences which are being eroded by the wind.

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Sand fills the houses, paint stripped from the walls, blowtorched by the wind.

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To feel you all around me and to take your hand along the sand, ah, but I may as well as try and catch the wind.

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