DUNES
type: Concept

CRESCENTIC (BARCHAN/TRANSVERSE) DUNE
type: Concept
change note: 2013-03-29 10:09:48.0 [tbs1979] insert Definition (id: null text: Shaped mounds are generally wider than they are long. The slipfaces are on the concave sides of the dunes. These dunes form under winds that blow consistently from one direction, and they also are known as barchans, or transverse dunes. language code: en);
change note: 2013-02-18 12:28:04.0 [tbs1979] Insert Concept add broader relation (CRESCENTIC (BARCHAN/TRANSVERSE) DUNE [fa47cab9-0aa4-4e16-8115-972f7f543920,82583] - DUNES [0c279e58-9ad3-4748-816a-de8cabeaf0c4,82581]);
definition: Shaped mounds are generally wider than they are long. The slipfaces are on the concave sides of the dunes. These dunes form under winds that blow consistently from one direction, and they also are known as barchans, or transverse dunes.
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