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Old 07-22-2014, 07:15 AM
 
Location: Fortaleza, Northeast of Brazil
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Which places in the world have coastal sand dunes?

Where can you find sand dunes by the sea?

What are the best in the world?
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Old 07-22-2014, 08:48 AM
 
Location: Europe
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I visited Dune du Pyla in southern France and it was wonderful. There are some dune areas in Canary Islands and Portugal too, beautiful but smaller.
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Old 07-22-2014, 10:17 AM
 
Location: Mid Atlantic USA
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I believe there is a place on the west coast of France that has stunning dune lined beaches.
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Old 07-22-2014, 11:37 AM
 
Location: Munich, Germany
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Dunes of Maspalomas, Gran Canaria
https://www.google.com/search?q=dune...w=1366&bih=657

Dunes in Fuerteventura
https://www.google.com/search?newwin...w=1366&bih=657

Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in Brazil
https://www.google.com/search?q=Len%...w=1366&bih=657
Lençóis Maranhenses National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 07-22-2014, 11:57 AM
 
Location: Sputnik Planitia
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the most impressive that I know of are in Namibia along the skeleton coast... the dunes go right into the sea, almost.
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Old 07-22-2014, 12:20 PM
 
Location: Fortaleza, Northeast of Brazil
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Wow, beautiful! Thanks!

I love sand dunes by the beach because I live and I was raised in a part of the world that has lots of it (state of Ceará, Brazil), and I started this thread because I want to know which parts of the world are like here...

Those dunes in the Canary islands are amazing, I surely want to visit some day...
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Old 07-22-2014, 12:44 PM
 
Location: Fortaleza, Northeast of Brazil
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The north coast of Brazil is full of beaches with sand dunes, in this area between Sao Luis and Natal:




It starts in the Lençois Maranhenses national park, just east of Sao Luis, and goes until Genipabu, that is just north of Natal.

It's more than 1000 kilometers of coast with one sand dune beach after another. Almost every beach has sand dunes in this coast.

The state of Ceara is right in the middle of it, and being raised in Ceara I can't prevent myself from loving beaches with sand dunes. Dune buggies and sandboarding were always around for my whole life
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Old 07-22-2014, 02:22 PM
 
Location: Paris, ÃŽle-de-France, France
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Have you ever imagine that Japan has some desert scenes? Here it is!
Tottori Sand Dunes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 07-22-2014, 05:24 PM
 
Location: Brisbane
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Their largest sand Islands in the world are on the southern Queensland Coast. I think its also one of the few places in the world Rain forest is actually able to grow on sand.

This is Moreton Island about 10 miles out from the Main Port of Brisbane.

http://butterflyplum.files.wordpress...nd_1011771.jpg

http://baliontangas.com.au/wp-conten...-Sand-Dune.jpg

http://images.smh.com.au/2009/09/25/...land-420x0.jpg

http://thebackpacker.se/wp-content/u...3__MG_3839.jpg

and Fraser a Bit Further to the North, which has some beautiful lakes.

http://l.yimg.com/ea/img/-/100629/la...RhQ6RNq7oseg--

http://nomadsfraserisland.com/sites/...r_island_0.jpg

and the Coast.

http://www.dankat.com/mstory/photos/phfra9.JPG

http://photos.travellerspoint.com/434073/DSCN1185.jpg

http://tourism.atdw.com.au/multimedi...ser_Island.jpg

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Old 07-22-2014, 07:19 PM
 
Location: Buenos Aires and La Plata, ARG
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In Argentina, the coast of the Buenos Aires Province is plenty of dunes

All the photos credited to Panoramio

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/43505088.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/16777969.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/52120057.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/104143409.jpg

This is also very common: the pampas ending right there into the dunes and the sea

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/79475444.jpg

Last edited by Rozenn; 07-23-2014 at 08:30 AM.. Reason: Copyright issues - You'd have to post links to photographers profiles on Panoramio
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