playa dune
- (colloquial: Southern High Plains)A linear or curvilinear ridge of windblown, granular material (generally sand or parna) removed from the adjacent basin by wind erosion (deflation), and deposited on the leeward (prevailing downwind) margin of a playa, playa basin, or salina basin. The dune may be barren or vegetated.Compare: dune.SW
Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.
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