Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
foredune .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word foredunes.
Examples
-
In the Coastal Bend area, the barrier islands support extensive foredunes and back-island dune fields.
-
An extensive series of freshwater lagoons lies behind the coastal foredunes along the southern part of the coastline, while to the north the complex set of lakes and lagoons associated with the Murray River mouth generates a series of shallow water bodies grading from fresh to saltwater.
Naracoorte woodlands 2008
-
The low sclerophyll forest, behind the foredunes stretching back to the taller eucalypt forest, is dominated by scribbly gum Eucalyptus signata.
-
Few tracts larger than 10 square kilometers (km2) remain, and the larger tracts are predominantly long, narrow strips of land encompassing the coastal foredunes and lagoons.
Naracoorte woodlands 2008
-
Vegetation of the barrier islands include dune grass (Ammophila), which anchors the sand in the foredunes, and a mix of bayberry, heather and marsh elder dominating the back dune.
Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, New Jersey 2007
-
Loggerhead and green sea turtles nest on the beaches, where seabeach amaranth plants grow on the foredunes.
-
Endangered Species: Seabeach Amaranth, a species with federal threatened status, occurs on upper beaches and foredunes of the Zeke's Island component of the reserve.
-
Sea beach amaranth is present in the foredunes and upper beach.
-
The winter storm that hit northern Indiana over the weekend caused waves of up to 30 feet that swept aware beach sand at Indiana Dunes State Park and sheared off the small foredunes that line the beach.
-
Usually, the lakefront at the park starts with about a hundred feet of gradually sloping sandy beach that gives way to small, sloping grass-covered foredunes--smaller dunes at the edge of the beach, said Doug Stukey, assistant property manager at the park.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.