About 80 results for ‘Dune’
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Dune
In physical geography, a dune is a hill of sand built either by wind or water flow. Dunes occur in different forms and sizes, formed by interaction with the flow of air or water. Most kinds of dunes are longer on the windward side where the sand is pushed up the dune and have a shorter "slip face" in the lee of the wind. The valley or trough between dunes is called a slack. A "dune field" is an area covered by extensive sand dunes. Large dune fields are known as ergs. Some coastal areas have one or more sets of dunes running parallel to the shoreline directly inland from the beach. In most cases the dunes are important in protecting the land against potential ravages by storm waves from the sea. Although the most widely distributed dunes are those associated with coastal regions, the largest complexes of dunes are found inland in dry regions and associated with ancient lake or sea beds. Dunes also form under the action of water flow, and on sand or gravel beds of rivers, estuaries and the sea-bed. The modern word "dune" came into English from French circa 1790. In ancient times, words cognate to "dune" probably had the meaning of a built-up hill or citadel fortification.
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94 SAINTES-MARIES-DE-LA-MER - LA PROCESSION DE MAI ET D'O...
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- Field(s):
- Belief
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Blessing
- Crowd
- Dune
- Folk costume
- Littoral zone
- Pilgrimage
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Fontaine St Gildas [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Dune
- Individual
- Landscape
- Littoral zone
- Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys
- Spring (hydrology)
- …
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Saint Gildas de Rhuys (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Dune
- Landscape
- Littoral zone
- Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys
- Spring (hydrology)
- Stairway
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- Date:
- 20th century
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La fontaine sur la plage : St Gildas de Rhuys [titre attr...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Dune
- Individual
- Landscape
- Littoral zone
- Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys
- Spring (hydrology)
- …
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Un jour d'été à la Grande-Côte
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Atlantic Ocean
- Dune
- Landscape
- Sea
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- Date:
- 19th century
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RUINES D'AQUEDUC ROMAIN, ENVIRONS DE CHERCHELL
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Aqueduct
- Arab people
- Camel
- Caravan (travellers)
- Cherchell
- Dune
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Odilon Redon
MORGAT, VU DES DUNES DE LA PALUE
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LA PLAGE ET LES DUNES DE SCHEWENINGEN
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Beach
- Cloud
- Dune
- Landscape
- Sailing ship
- Scheveningen
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Duel de femmes
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Duel
- Dune
- Littoral zone
- Woman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Odilon Redon
Dune près de Royan
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Oeuvre du soldat convalescent
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- Field(s):
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cane
- Dune
- Littoral zone
- Serviceman
- Sitting
- Smoking pipe (tobacco)
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Soulac ; Plage de l'Amélie à Soulac (autre titre)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Atlantic Ocean
- Beach
- Dune
- Landscape
- Pine
- Soulac-sur-Mer
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Odilon Redon
Dune, près de Royan
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- Artist(s):
- Odilon Redon
Bruges
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