Sentence examples for accumulation of sand from inspiring English sources

But the grasses cannot grow without a significant accumulation of sand, and in Long Beach these days there simply is not enough.

Two notable locations that Curiosity stopped to analyse were a rock called Jake_M that was simply lying on the plain, and a wind-blown accumulation of sand and silt dubbed Rocknest.

The accumulation of sand may at first move around but gradually will become stabilized as beach rock (sand and debris cemented at water level by precipitated calcium carbonate) is formed and the tiny island becomes vegetated.

Aboriginal societies in desert areas of Australia also traditionally practised circumcision and historians believe the procedure was originally an early public health measure to prevent balanitis, a swelling of the penis that can be caused by the accumulation of sand under the foreskin.

The lower part of this inter-dune, where the greater accumulation of sand eroded from the dunes occurred, was particularly interesting.

The lower strata were extensively modified during mid and late Pleistocene pluvials, resulting in an initial undulatory surface that set the stage for later accumulation of sand sheet.

Sandstone, lithified accumulation of sand-sized grains (0.063 to 2 mm [0.0025 to 0.08 inch] in diameter).

They represent the accumulation of sand-size prisms of material that today are deposited both within ocean trenches (e.g., the modern trenches off Indonesia) and as submarine fan aprons (e.g., the Astoria Fan off the Pacific coast of Washington and Oregon in the United States) developed at the base of the continental slope at the mouths of submarine canyons.

These huge accumulations of sand may reach up to 300 metres (1,000 feet) in height in Saudi Arabia and in the Namib Desert.

The barrier island on which Brigantine sits is part of a semi-continuous chain of skinny, shifting accumulations of sand that lie a short distance offshore along much of the Gulf Coast and most of the way up the Eastern Seaboard.

Ripple marks, small accumulations of sand, similar to tiny dunes where water moved the sand, indicate shallow water from a long time ago.