dune

Also known as sand dune, sand hill

400px|thumbnail|The Maspalomas Dunes of [[Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain]]

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Commons category: Dunes
Commons gallery: Dune
OpenStreetMap tag: landform=dune_system
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Formation
Aeolian dunes
Aeolian dune shapes
Barchan or crescentic
Transverse dunes
Seif or longitudinal dunes
Star
Dome
Lunettes
Parabolic
Reversing dunes
Draas
Dune complexity
Dune movement
Coastal dunes
Ecological succession on coastal dunes
Coastal dune floral adaptations
Gypsum dunes
Nabkha dunes
Subaqueous dunes
Lithified dunes
Desertification
Conservation
Examples
Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
Canada
United States
Mexico
South America
Oceania
World's highest dunes
Sand dune systems
Extraterrestrial dunes
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

400px|thumbnail|The Maspalomas Dunes of [[Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain]]

A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand. It typically takes the form of a mound, ridge, or hill. An area with dunes is called a dune system or a dune complex. A large dune complex is called a dune field, while broad, flat regions covered with wind-swept sand or dunes, with little or no vegetation, are called ergs or sand seas. Dunes occur in different shapes and sizes, but most kinds of dunes are longer on the stoss (upflow) side, where the sand is pushed up the dune, and have a shorter slip face in the lee side. The valley or trough between dunes is called a dune slack.