dune field

dune field
   An assemblage of moving and/or stabilized dunes, together with sand plains, interdune areas, and the ponds, lakes, or swamps produced by the blocking of waterways by migrating dunes.
   See dune lake.
   SW & SSS

Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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