Sentences with phrase «dunes near the shoreline»

Geologically, Cathedral Rock is carved from the Permian Schnebly Hill formation, a redbeds sandstone formed from coastal sand dunes near the shoreline of the ancient Pedregosa Sea.

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And it persuaded the Chicago Park District to start a beach - cleaning program along the neighborhood's shoreline, allow deep - water swimming at Farwell and Pratt Beaches and put up fences to protect an emerging sand dune with native growth near Pratt Boulevard.

It's also possible that sheep grazing near the shoreline and the likely introduction of grass - eating rabbits around this time might have destabilized nearby sand dunes, which relied on the grasses to anchor them.