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Dune vs Loess - What's the difference?

dune | loess |

As nouns the difference between dune and loess

is that dune is a ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind while loess is any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin.

As a proper noun Düne

is an island close to {{l/en|Heligoland}.

dune

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geomorphology) A ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind.

    • Synonyms

    * sand dune, sand-dune

    Antonyms

    * dyke, dike

    Derived terms

    * dunesand

    Related terms

    * duned

    See also

    * thick, German dick cf. dyke (dike) * thin, German cf. dune (down)-->

    Anagrams

    * ----

    loess

    English

    (wikipedia loess)

    Noun

    (es)
  • (geology) Any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin.

    • Anagrams

    * ----