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'''Sand Dunes in Europe | '''Sand Dunes in Europe | ||
| − | [[Image:Yellow_dune.jpg|thumb|right| | + | [[Image:Yellow_dune.jpg|thumb|right|150px|'''Figure 3''': Yellow dune, with Marram Grass and Sand Couch, Wales, UK. Copyright J Pat Doody]][[Image:Dune grassland.jpg|thumb|right|150px|'''Figure 4''': Calcareous dune grassland with ''Galium verum'' and ''Anacamptis pyramidalis'', Western Isles, Scotland. Copyright J Pat Doody]]It also includes links to more detailed reports on individual countries prepared as part of a revised 'Sand Dune Inventory of Europe' (Doody ed. 1991) |
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Coastal sand dunes develop on coastlines with an adequate supply of material within the size range 0.2-2.0mms. The critical factor is the availability of a sufficiently large beach, which dries out at low tide and where sand grains are blown onto the land by the action of the wind... | Coastal sand dunes develop on coastlines with an adequate supply of material within the size range 0.2-2.0mms. The critical factor is the availability of a sufficiently large beach, which dries out at low tide and where sand grains are blown onto the land by the action of the wind... | ||
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Sand Dunes in Europe
It also includes links to more detailed reports on individual countries prepared as part of a revised 'Sand Dune Inventory of Europe' (Doody ed. 1991)
Introduction
Coastal sand dunes develop on coastlines with an adequate supply of material within the size range 0.2-2.0mms. The critical factor is the availability of a sufficiently large beach, which dries out at low tide and where sand grains are blown onto the land by the action of the wind...
