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单词 foredune
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Definition of foredune in English:

foredune

nounˈfɔːdjuːnˈfôrdo͞on
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:

foredune

nounˈfôrdo͞on
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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