dune slack

dune slack
   A damp depression or trough between dunes in a dune field or dune ridges on a shore, caused by intersecting the capillary fringe of the local water table; a moist type of interdune.
   Compare: interdune, dune lake.
   SW & GG

Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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