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Definition of foredune in English: foredunenounˈfɔːdjuːnˈfôrdo͞on Ecology A part of a system of sand dunes on the side nearest to the sea. Example sentencesExamples - Seabeach amaranth typically occurs on sparsely vegetated areas such as interdunal flats, overwash flats, lower foredunes, and points of non-eroding beaches.
- He was nearly up to the foredune when he landed it, and as the water ran back down the steep part of the beach I could see it was a small shark he'd hooked.
- In addition, modern and Holocene sediments were collected from an embayment fill succession, comprising a series of relict foredunes at Longbeach, Guichen Bay.
- The plants' slender blades catch sand blowing inland and settle it into an ever taller foredune.
- Recycling, fencing and transplanting will encourage growth of new foredunes over buried structures.
Definition of foredune in US English: foredunenounˈfôrdo͞on Ecology A part of a system of sand dunes on the side nearest to the sea. Example sentencesExamples - He was nearly up to the foredune when he landed it, and as the water ran back down the steep part of the beach I could see it was a small shark he'd hooked.
- Recycling, fencing and transplanting will encourage growth of new foredunes over buried structures.
- The plants' slender blades catch sand blowing inland and settle it into an ever taller foredune.
- Seabeach amaranth typically occurs on sparsely vegetated areas such as interdunal flats, overwash flats, lower foredunes, and points of non-eroding beaches.
- In addition, modern and Holocene sediments were collected from an embayment fill succession, comprising a series of relict foredunes at Longbeach, Guichen Bay.
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