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  • adjective Between dunes
  • noun The area between dunes

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Examples

  • Small interdune wetlands occur where the water table is high; they are important habitat for migrating shorebirds and waterfowl.

    Ecoregions of Oklahoma (EPA) 2009

  • Small interdune wetlands occur and are important habitat for many wetland species, including migrating shorebirds and waterfowl.

    Ecoregions of Oklahoma (EPA) 2009

  • Precipitation passes through the porous sands to continually recharge groundwater, resulting in interdune areas of wetlands, lakes, and streams with a relatively constant annual discharge.

    Ecoregions of North Dakota and South Dakota (EPA) 2009

  • In many areas, the dunes are mostly barren; interdune flats tend to be more vegetated.

    Ecoregions of New Mexico (EPA) 2009

  • Side slopes and sandy interdune areas are covered in Triodia hummock grasslands or herblands.

    Simpson desert 2008

  • Thinly-bedded lacustrine and interdune sediments preserve footprints of quadrupedal and bipedal dinosaurs which are exposed in the roofs of caves and overhangs in some areas.

    UKhahlamba Drakensberg Park, South Africa 2008

  • Wetlands are common near the coast, with abundant swamps and lakes, as well as interdune lakes along the west coast.

    Northland temperate kauri forests 2008

  • There are three distinct landscape types: Gascoyne-Wooramel province which comprises the coastal strip along the eastern coast of the bay and consists of a low-lying plain backed by a limestone escarpment; Peron province which comprises the Nanga/Peron peninsulas; Faure Island/sill comprising undulating sandy plains with gypsum pans or birridas, and ancient interdune depressions filled with gypsum.

    Shark Bay, Australia 2008

  • Many vertebrate body fossils from the Navajo Sandstone consist of articulated to partially articulated skeletons deposited in interdune or dune facies

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Joseph J. W. Sertich et al. 2010

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