A dune is a hill of sand built either by wind or water flow. Dunes occur in different forms and sizes, formed by interaction with the flow of air or water. Here’s a list of the world’s most beautiful sand dunes:
1. Sossusvlei, Namibia - Sossusvlei is a salt and clay pan surrounded by high red dunes, located in the southern part of the Namib Desert. Centuries of sand built up around dry lake beds make it a magnificent sight and one of the most beautiful dunes in the world
Most Beautiful Sand Dunes: Sossusvlei, Namibia (source: wiki)
2. Badain Jaran Dunes, Mongolia and China – The Badain Jaran Dunes are the highest sand dunes in Asia, located in the Badain Jaran Desert, Mongolia and the Gobi Desert, China
Most Beautiful Sand Dunes: Badain Jaran Dunes (source: wiki)
3. Death Valley, California, United States - Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California. It is the lowest, hottest and driest area in North America, and is home to beautiful golden sand dunes
Most Beautiful Sand Dunes: Death Valley, California (source: wiki)
4. Erg Chebbi, Morocco - The dunes of Erg Chebbi (an erg is a dune field) reach a height of up to 150 meters and altogether spans an area of 22 kilometers from north to south and up to 5-10 kilometers from east to west. During the warmest part of the year, Moroccans come to Erg Chebbi to be buried neck-deep in the hot sand for a few minutes at a time. This is considered to be a treatment for rheumatism
Sand dunes in Erg Chebbi, Morocco (source: wiki)
5. Médanos de Coro National Park, Venezuela – This national park contains massive sand dunes, known as Médanos. They are spread over an area of 5 by 30 kilometers and can reach 40 meters in height. They are constantly transformed by the unrelenting wind
Médanos de Coro National Park, Venezuela (source: wiki)
6. Rub’ al Khali, the Arabian Peninsula - “The empty quarter” is the largest sand desert in the world, encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula: It is 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) long, and 500 kilometres (310 mi) wide. This huge desert is covered with sand dunes with heights up to 250 metres (820 ft)
Rub’ al Khali, the Arabian Peninsula (source: wiki)
7. The Libyan Desert, Libya - The Libyan Desert is part of the Sahara and extends 1100 km from east to west, and 1,000 km from north to south. There are three sand seas (Great Sand Sea, Calanshio Sand Sea, Rebiana Sand Sea) in the desert, that contain sand dunes up to 512 meters in height and cover approximately one quarter of the region
Sand dunes in The Libyan Desert (source: wiki)
8. The Great Dune of Pyla, France – Aka The Dune of Pilat, it is the tallest sand dune in Europe, located 60 km from Bordeaux. The dune measures around 500 m wide from east to west and 2.7 km in length from north to south. Its height is currently 110 metres above sea level. The dune is a famous tourist destination with more than one million visitors per year
The Great Dune of Pyla, France (source: wiki)
9. Samalayuca Dune Fields, Mexico – Also known as Medanos de Samalayuca, they are a series of large but separated fields of sand dunes located in Chihuahua, Mexico
Samalayuca Dune Fields, Mexico (source: wiki)
10. White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, United States - A field of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals. The dunes constantly change shape and slowly move downwind
White Sands National Monument (source: wiki)
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