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Definition of dunes in English Turkish dictionary
- dune
- kumul
Biz kumul üzerinde yürüdük.
-We walked on the dune.
Ben yüksek kumuldan tüm adayı görebilirdim.
-From the high dune, I could see the whole island.
- dune
- kum tepeciği
Yüksek bir kum tepeciğinden bütün adayı görebildim.
-From the tall dune I could see over the whole island.
- dune
- rüzgârın yığdığı kum tepeciği
- sand dunes
- kum tepeleri
- dune
- kum tepesi
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Definition of dunes in English English dictionary
- (1) Accumulations of windblown SAND on the BACKSHORE, usually in the form of small hills or ridges, stabilized by vegetation or control structures (2) A type of bed form indicating significant SEDIMENT transport over a sandy seabed
- A rounded hill or ridge of sand heaped up by the action of the wind
- Mounds of loose sand grains shaped up by the wind
- Ridges or mounds of loose, wind-blown material, usually sand
- plural of dune
- mountains of sand that resemble large ripples
- sand dunes
- plural form of sand dune
- Great Sand Dunes National Monument
- National monument, south-central Colorado, U.S. At the eastern edge of the San Luis Valley, it parallels for about 10 mi (16 km) the western base of the Sangre de Cristo Range. Established in 1932, the 60-sq-mi (155-sq-km) region contains some of the highest inland sand dunes in the U.S., with changing crests that rise to 700 ft (215 m)
- Indiana Dunes
- State park and national lakeshore, southern shore of Lake Michigan, northern Indiana, U.S. The state park (founded 1925) comprises 2,182 acres (883 hectares) of shoreline, marshland, dunes, and forests. At the Big Blowout in the eastern end of the park, lake winds drift sands over a wooded area, creating a "graveyard of trees"; the dunes may reach heights of 200 ft (60 m). The national lakeshore (founded 1966) encloses the state park on three sides. Now covering more than 12,857 acres (5,205 hectares), it includes beaches and wooded ravines
- dune
- A low mound, ridge, bank or hill of loose, windblown, granular material (generally sand), either bare or covered with vegetation, capable of movement from place to place but always retaining its characteristic shape
- dune
- A dune is a hill or a ridge made of sand Dunes are shaped by the wind, and change all the time
- dune
- Mounds or hills of sand created by dune grasses, which trap sand grains being moved across the beach by wind
- dune
- accumulation of wind-blown sand in ridges or mounds that lie landward of the beach and usually parallel to the shoreline
- dune
- {i} hill of drifted sand
- dune
- a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans
- dune
- A ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind
- dune
- A usually asymmetrical mound or ridge of sand that has been transported and deposited by wind Dunes form in both arid and humid climates
- dune
- a mound or ridge of sand formed by the action of wind or waves (dune)
- dune
- n a low hill or bank of wind-blown sand
- dune
- A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds
- dune
- A low mound of fine-grained material that accumulates as a result of sediment transport in a current system Dunes have characteristic geometric forms that are maintained as they migrate Sand dunes are commonly classified according to shape See also: barchan dune, longitudinal dune, parabolic dune, seif dune, star dune, and transverse dune
- dune
- A dune is a hill of sand near the sea or in a desert. a hill made of sand near the sea or in the desert = sand dune
- dune
- (1) Stream bed deposit found streams whose channel is composed mainly of sand and silt Dunes are about 10 or more centimeters in height and are spaced a meter or more apart and are common in streams with high velocities
- dune
- a hill or ridge of wind-blown sand
- sand dunes
- sandy hills at the edge of the beach
- sand dunes
- Mounds of sand, usually on the beach facing the surf Containing specific types of vegetation The faster the winds, the bigger the dunes
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dunes
Turkish pronunciation
dunzPronunciation
/ˈdo͞onz/ /ˈduːnz/
Etymology
[ 'dün also 'dyü ] (noun.) 1790. French, from Old French, from Middle Dutch; akin to Old English dun down; more at DOWN.Resimler
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