Sentences with phrase «foot high dune»
The chief issue in the case was whether or not Harvey Cedars should have been permitted to present testimony concerning special benefits which protected the Karans» property as a result of the construction of a 22 foot high dune between their home and the ocean.
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It also has high - profile support from television personality and comedian Bill Oddie, a keen bird watcher who appreciates the pink - footed geese that winter among the dunes.
Next door at Long Beach, water surged over the sand dunes holding back the sea and rose 5 to 10 feet high in the streets.
Fog's important role in sustaining microbial life drew McKay to the southern African desert, but the Namib also features some of the world's tallest sand dunes, rising as high as 1,000 feet.
The deposits — as high as 10 feet in some places — were left on sand dunes about a mile inshore, significantly adding to the titanium ore already there.
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has taken measurements of Titan's dune fields and revealed that although the prevailing winds blow from east to west, dunes as high as 300 feet (91 meters) seem to build up in the opposite direction, likely formed by gusts of very strong «rogue» winds that occasionally blow in the opposite direction.
If you need to go up a steep hill on loose terrain like a sandy dirty track, dune or fine gravel, you need to build up momentum before hitting the incline and you need to put your foot down and get high revs for the speed you're travelling at.
The anchorage is a gorgeous crescent bay with several hundred feet high cliffs plummeting into a sprawling white sandy beach with sand dunes at its eastern end.
More subdued couples can heat things up in a hot - air balloon floating over the 1,000 - foot - high sand dunes — the largest in the world — of Namibia's Sossusvlei desert.
Point Bennett, the western point of the island, is a long, narrow, jagged bluff, 40 feet high, rising rapidly to 380 feet; high sand dunes extend inland from the point for 2 miles.
Whether you prefer to go storm watching from the indoors, your vehicle, or view from a point high above the dramatic surf, or even if you venture forth on foot while the raging winds pound high tide surf against the dunes, storm watching is an invigorating experience you won't soon forget.