foredune

[′fȯr‚dün]

(geology)

A coastal dune or ridge that is parallel to the shoreline of a large lake or ocean and is stabilized by vegetation.

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Foredune plain complexes (strand plain complexes) consist of parallel relict foredune ridges on sedimentary platforms accumulating in embayments, cuspate forelands, spits, and bars.

Geological Sciences

One more short rise and we were standing on the edge of the foredune looking out to the fog-covered sea.

Of trees, sand and sea

Nordstrom, "A cyclic model of foredune blowout evolution for a leeward coast: Island Beach, New Jersey," Annals of the Association of American Geographers, vol.

Dynamic Changes of Typical Blowouts Based on High-Resolution Data: A Case Study in Hulunbuir Sandy Land, China

Differences in the conservation status of the sites were found, ranging from the total disappearance of the foredune habitats to the presence of the complete psammophilous (sand-loving) plant communities.

Caracteristicas de compactacion y de colapso de arena de dunas estabilizada con una mezcla de oxido de calcio y oxido de silicio

Biorn initiative the work of the forming and planting of the protective foredune was commenced at a settlement in Southern section of the Curonian Spit seashore to curb the sand drift and the seas reaching the plains beyond the dunes.

VEGETATION IMPACT ON THE DUNE STABILITY AND FORMATION ON THE LITHUANIAN COAST OF THE BALTIC SEA

Poilsiautoju sklaidos Kursiu nerijos apsauginiame papludimio kopagubryje ypatumai [Distributions patterns of holiday-makers in the foredune ridge of Curonian spit], Geografijos metrastis 35(1-2): 101-117.

Sustainable and balanced development of Lithuanian Curonian spit and Neringa municipality: planning and political aspects/ Tausojamasis ir darnus lietuvos kursiu nerijos ir Neringos savivaldybes vystymas: planavimo ir politiniai aspektai

Plant cover disturbance in the village is such that it is believed that the constraints to plant colonization are similar to the ones on the foredune: low nutrient and water availability and substrate instability (sand burial).

Tolerance to sand burial, trampling, and drought of two subarctic coastal plant species (Leymus mollis and Trisetum spicatum)

It has handicap-accessible picnic tables that look out over a foredune, where waves break on an endless beach.

Head for the Dunes

(2000) presented what appear to be rather minor differences in topsoil water repellency amongst several types of grassland, shrubland, and woodland of the primary and secondary dunes (the foredune vegetation of Ammophila arenaria assuming, as mentioned before, an outlier position).

Soil water repellency under dry and wet antecedent weather conditions for selected land-cover types in the coastal zone of central Portugal

Yet we know that in the embryo and foredune zones, where dune-building occurs, the primary control on plants is their ability to withstand burial by sand.

Coastal Defences: Processes, Problems and Solutions

The foredune habitat of the southeastern beach mouse also has suffered greatly from development and dune erosion.