Star dunes - or pyramid dunes - are named after ... Amazigh name meaning highest sacred point) is located in the Erg Chebbi sand sea in south-east Morocco. It is 100m high and 700m wide with ...

These sand pyramids, which look like stars when ... Bristow et al, Structure and chronology of a star dune at Erg Chebbi, Morocco, reveals why star dunes are rarely recognised in the rock record ...

For the first time in decades, parts of the Sahara Desert in southeastern Morocco have been flooded by a rare deluge of ...

this issue). Sand deposition, accretion, and erosion within the coastal environment result in the development of a variety of dune morphologies; however, a general classification into primary and ...

This story appears in the November 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. I got my first lesson in the physics of sand dunes in 1998 on an expedition into the Sahara. In order to take aerial ...

So close to Europe yet so different in culture and customs, Morocco is a slice of North Africa that deserves deep exploration ...

Kung Fu Panda 4 tops domestic box office for 2nd week while Dune: Part 2 rules internationally Kung Fu Panda 4 skadooshes Dune 2's hopes at the box office with $58.3M opening ...

Sand grains that are very round and dry (moisture on the dune's surface can cause sand to clump together, inhibiting avalanching) Grains on the dune's surface that are "well sorted," meaning they ...

Behind many of these beaches are sand dune systems which provide homes for diverse forms of wildlife including plants and insects, some so highly specialised that without these dune habitats ...

The sands dunes have made way for housing and roads in the past 150 years A project to restore sand dunes in Lancashire has been hailed a success by conservationists. Over the last 150 years ...