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- adjective Between
dunes - noun The area between dunes
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Examples
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Small interdune wetlands occur where the water table is high; they are important habitat for migrating shorebirds and waterfowl.
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Small interdune wetlands occur and are important habitat for many wetland species, including migrating shorebirds and waterfowl.
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Precipitation passes through the porous sands to continually recharge groundwater, resulting in interdune areas of wetlands, lakes, and streams with a relatively constant annual discharge.
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In many areas, the dunes are mostly barren; interdune flats tend to be more vegetated.
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Side slopes and sandy interdune areas are covered in Triodia hummock grasslands or herblands.
Simpson desert 2008
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Thinly-bedded lacustrine and interdune sediments preserve footprints of quadrupedal and bipedal dinosaurs which are exposed in the roofs of caves and overhangs in some areas.
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Wetlands are common near the coast, with abundant swamps and lakes, as well as interdune lakes along the west coast.
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There are three distinct landscape types: Gascoyne-Wooramel province which comprises the coastal strip along the eastern coast of the bay and consists of a low-lying plain backed by a limestone escarpment; Peron province which comprises the Nanga/Peron peninsulas; Faure Island/sill comprising undulating sandy plains with gypsum pans or birridas, and ancient interdune depressions filled with gypsum.
Shark Bay, Australia 2008
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Many vertebrate body fossils from the Navajo Sandstone consist of articulated to partially articulated skeletons deposited in interdune or dune facies
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Joseph J. W. Sertich et al. 2010
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