Sentence examples for sparse sand from inspiring English sources

But in this heat we cower before the exacting demands of the terrain, swiftly sampling the stark grandeur of stone canyons and sparse sand dunes, flirting with death before finding refuge in motorized, cooled cocoons that whisk us away.

In northern and central Australia, reduced monsoon rain in global cold stages caused lakes and rivers to dry, vegetation to become more sparse, sand dunes to become active, and dust advection to increase.

In the study area, sparse sand bodies are distributed only parallel to the lake shoreline in the southwestern part and are interpreted as beach bar sand.

It is known that on starved beds (nonerodible substrates with sparse sand), there occur topographic features that are different from those that occur on sediment beds, for example, sand patches.

Data about what was happening on land is sparse, because sands blow around and do not preserve a clear geological record the way lake sediments do.

Data about what was happening on land is sparse, because blowing sands do not preserve a clear geological record the way lake sediments do.

The centre and the south of the country are covered by a layer of laterite hidden under a thin covering of sand that affords only sparse grazing during the rainy season.

The substrate was mostly mud and sand, with sparse weed and log cover.

While vegetation seems to have been more sparse in cold stages and sand dune activity and dust flux consequently greater, records of runoff in rivers and lakes have mixed or opposite behaviour to northern or central Australia.

Sparse rocky earth, clays, dune sands, and gravel are found in the high mountains, in some volcanic zones, and in gullies in the sub-Apennines.

The streets are made of sand, and it's very sparse.