dune
    n 1: a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or
         near lakes and oceans [syn: dune, sand dune]

Dune \Dune\ (d[=u]n), n. [The same word as down: cf. D. duin.
   See Down a bank of sand.]
   A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but
   often carried far inland by the prevailing winds. [Written
   also dun.]
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         Three great rivers, the Rhine, the Meuse, and the
         Scheldt, had deposited their slime for ages among the
         dunes or sand banks heaved up by the ocean around their
         mouths.                                  --Motley.
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