Sentence examples for moving sand from inspiring English sources

It is not made of moving sand but of volcanic rock: mountainous, lifeless, almost lunar.

Actively developing and moving sand ridges occupy the Canning Basin, the Great Victoria Desert, the Amadeus depression, and large areas of the Arunta-Sturt Complex.

A series of long shingle bars (Nehrungen), capped by moving sand dunes, has been built up there, cutting off the distinctive shallow lagoons (Haffs) from the open sea.

"It's hard to measure group fun but no matter how old we are, when you start moving sand around, something magical happens," Mr. Perchik said.

A Scotsman named James MacKay traveled here in 1795 and described it concisely as "a great desert of moving sand, where there is neither soil, timber, or rock".

While calling for the renourishment of beaches that lost significant quantities of sand during the storm, the report warned against moving sand from other areas that support species of birds and fish.

The monotonous, sandy plain was originally covered with lakes and ponds and was bordered by dunes of moving sands.

Ammopiptanthus is the only genus of evergreen broadleaf shrub in the northwest desert of China and both species are dominant in the local vegetation, so this genus plays an important role in fixing moving sands and delaying further desertification.

Due to the important role that A. mongolicus plays in fixing moving sands and delaying further desertification, the protection and research on A. mongolicus are becoming particularly important and necessary [ 4].

The area gained more than 100 acres in the last four decades, as the ocean's westward drift moved sand from Fire Island and the Hamptons to its shores.

Chesapeake's development plan, approved last year by this city of 9,200 residents, also calls for a second phase of construction to build a rail spur and eight storage silos to move sand from rail cars to trucks.