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| Process of erosion by particles being carried in streams or by larger rolling rocks |
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| Process of lifting and transporting loose particles by turbulent suspension in wind from dry ground surfaces |
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| Surface layer of closely fitted pebbles or coarse sand from which finer particles have been removed |
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| Heavy concentration of fine dust in a turbulent air mass, often associated with a cold front and in urban areas, much bigger than sand storms |
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| Heavy concentration of sand in turbulent air mass, often in deserts |
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| Leaping, impacting and rebounding of sand grains transported over a sand or pebble surface by wind |
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| Sand dune of crescentic base outline with a sharp crest and a steep lee slip face, with crescent point pointing downward |
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| Field of wavelike sand dunes with crests running at right angles to the direction of the prevailing wind |
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| Isolated low sand dunes of parabolic outline, with points directed into the prevailing wind |
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| High sand dune of the parabolic dunes class formed adjacent to a beach, usually with a deep deflation hollow enclosed within the dune ridge |
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| (Parabolic Dunes) Isolated low sand dunes of parabolic outline |
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| Class of sand dunes in which the dune ridges are oriented parallel with the prevailing wind |
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| Large, isolated sand dune with radial ridges culminating in a peaked summit |
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| Accumulation of yellowish to buff-colored, fine grained sediment, largely of silt grade, upon surfaces after transport in the air in turbulent suspension |
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