Rock Springs Trail–A 1.0-mile trail exploring Rock Springs. Kelso Dunes–A 3-mile roundtrip hike exploring a popular sand dune. Teutonic Peak Trail–A 3-mile roundtrip hike to see the highest ...

This story appears in the November 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. I got my first lesson in the physics of sand dunes in 1998 on an expedition into the Sahara. In order to take aerial ...

This national park preserve is home to Kelso Dunes, some of the largest sand dunes in the country which rise 600 feet above the desert floor. They are so fun to explore and it is easy to have a spot ...

Number of acres for oil and gas leasing deferred in 2018 due to lack of consultation regarding lands owned by the Navajo Nation Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve protects over 100,000 acres ...

Listen to croaking sand Unlike the haunting so-called booming sands that Marco Polo and others discovered among the isolated dunes of storied deserts, the noises sand makes are not always mellifluous.

Primary dunes are composed of sand blown directly from the beach face (active beach), whereas secondary dunes develop following the subsequent modification of primary dunes. Davies (1980 ...

The difference is a matter of size: ripples are small ridges of sand with a height (amplitude) typically less than 4 cm and wave lengths (crest to crest) less than 60 cm, while dunes have the same ...

The sands dunes have made way for housing and roads in the past 150 years A project to restore sand dunes in Lancashire has been hailed a success by conservationists. Over the last 150 years ...

Sand dunes are a natural part of the habitat at Sandbanks and help prevent flooding and coastal erosion Views are being sought on the future of sand dunes at a popular tourist hotspot. Sandbanks ...

The founders of Bandon Dunes, Sand Valley and their other properties are announcing their new Old Shores site in Florida.

Appearances can be deceiving. At first glance, you'd never think the rolling white sand dunes of southeastern New Mexico and west Texas held the largest stand of oak in the country. The region's ...

In addition, these sand dunes act as a vital natural barrier to the power of the waves. As sand dunes establish, plants start to form and grow in size along the sand dune. Primary vegetation gives ...